Section 303GL — Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: Pre-CITES certificate to be produced

Export certificate (1) If a person exports a specimen and wishes to rely on a certificate issued under subsection 303CC(5), he or she is not entitled to rely on that certificate unless, before exporting the specimen, he or she: (a) produced the certificate, or caused the certificate to be produced, to an authorised officer doing duty in relation to the export of the specimen; or (b) received written notice from the Secretary authorising the export of the specimen without the production of the certificate. (2) The Secretary must not give the notice referred to in paragraph (1)(b) unless he or she: (a) is satisfied that the production of the certificate is impracticable; and (b) endorses a copy of the certificate to show that the notice is being given; and (c) makes that copy available to an authorised officer doing duty in relation to the export of the specimen. Import certificate (3) If a person imports a specimen and wishes to rely on a certificate referred to in paragraph 303CD(6)(b), he or she is not entitled to rely on the certificate unless, before or within a reasonable time after importing the specimen, he or she produced the certificate, or caused the certificate to be produced, to an authorised officer doing duty in relation to the import of the specimen. Electronic communication (4) Nothing in this section prevents a person producing a certificate, or causing a certificate to be produced, by means of an electronic communication.