Permit to import live fish or aquatic life
26 Permit to import live fish or aquatic life
(1) An application for a permit to import live fish or aquatic life must be accompanied by a statement of the proposed method of treatment and disposal of the water in which the fish or aquatic life is imported.
(1A) The Director may require an applicant for a permit to import live fish or aquatic life to be supported by a certificate attesting to:
the disease status of the fish or aquatic life; and
any treatment given to the fish or aquatic life.
(1B) The certificate must be issued by one of the following persons, who must have inspected the fish or aquatic life to which the certificate refers:
(a) for fish or aquatic life other than plant life – a veterinarian, however described, registered under the Veterinarians Act 1994 or a similar Act of a State or another Territory;
for aquatic life that is plant life – an approved person.
(2) The Director may only grant a permit to import live fish or aquatic life if:
the fish or aquatic life is of a species that:
is indigenous to Australia; or
(ii) is, under section 303EB of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth), taken to be suitable for live import; or
is specified in Schedule 7; and
in the Director's opinion:
(i) there is no risk of disease to people, fish or aquatic life by the importation; and
(ii) there is no risk of variation of the genetic composition or genetic material of Territory fish or aquatic life by the importation; and
(iii) the fish or aquatic life to be imported will not adversely affect the diversity of genetic material within the Territory; and
(iv) the fish or aquatic life will not present an unacceptable risk of detriment to other fish or aquatic life in the Territory.
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