Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2018

This regulation applies to the following licences —

a commercial licence;

a fauna causing damage licence.

A licence to which this regulation applies may include a condition that requires a specified identifier to be fixed, at a specified time, to fauna or flora taken under the licence.

A person must not possess, transport or deal in any fauna or flora that is required by a condition referred to in subregulation (2) to have an identifier fixed to it unless the identifier is so fixed in accordance with any requirements specified in the condition.

A person who is provided with an identifier by the CEO for the purposes of this regulation must not provide the identifier to any other person (unless the identifier has been fixed to fauna or flora in accordance with the requirements of a condition of a licence or the identifier is being returned to the CEO).

If the holder of a licence receives, or takes possession of, any fauna or flora for processing that does not have an identifier fixed to it as required by a condition referred to in subregulation (2), the holder of the licence must immediately —

reject the flora or fauna for processing; and

make a record in accordance with any requirements specified in the CEO guidelines; and

provide a copy of that record to the CEO in accordance with any requirements specified in the CEO guidelines.

If any fauna or flora that requires an identifier to be fixed to it does not have the relevant identifier duly fixed, a wildlife officer may seize and retain the fauna or flora (as the case may be).

A wildlife officer may return any fauna or flora seized under subregulation (6) if or when the relevant identifier is obtained from the CEO by the holder of the relevant licence.

A reference in this regulation to fauna includes a reference to a fauna product.