Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00551:section:10:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00551
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 10 (pt 3/4)
Character Range: 35545–38261

for scientific research, public education (including display in museums, herbaria, botanical gardens or other educational institutions) or such other educational purposes as the Minister thinks fit; or
 (iii) monitoring or conserving the environment or an historic site or monument; or
 (iv) providing for unavoidable consequences of scientific activities not authorised under subparagraph (ii); and
 (c) in the case of a permit relating to a specially protected species:
 (i) the permit is granted for a compelling scientific purpose; and
 (ii) the Minister is satisfied that the activities authorised by the permit will not jeopardise the existing ecological system or the survival or recovery of that species or of the local population of plants of that species; and
 (iii) if the permit is to kill (whether by collection or any other action) a native plant of that species—there is no suitable alternative technique to achieve the purpose for which the permit is granted.

Permits for gathering etc. meteorites and rocks
 (1C) A permit authorising a person to gather or collect a meteorite, or to remove a rock or a meteorite, must be expressed so as to ensure, as far as possible, that the activities authorised by the permit will be carried on only to the extent that they are necessary for providing specimens for scientific research, public education (including display in museums or other educational or cultural institutions) or such other educational or cultural purposes as the Minister thinks fit.

Permits to bring organisms into the Antarctic
 (2) A permit must not authorise a person to bring into the Antarctic:
 (a) a dog; or
 (b) a live bird.
 (3) A permit must not authorise a person to bring into the Antarctic a cultivated plant that is not indigenous to the Antarctic or a reproductive propagule of such a plant other than for use under controls that ensure that it does not escape into the Antarctic environment.
 (3A) A permit must not authorise a person to bring into the Antarctic any other organism that is not indigenous to the Antarctic other than for experimental use under controls that ensure that it does not escape into the Antarctic environment.
 (4) The conditions of a permit authorizing the bringing into the Antarctic of an organism that is not indigenous to the Antarctic shall include the condition that it shall be:
 (a) kept under such control as is specified in the permit; and
 (b) removed from the Antarctic or destroyed:
 (i) if it has served its purpose before the permit ceases to be in force—as soon as possible after it has served its purpose; or
 (ii) if subparagraph (i) does not apply—when the permit ceases to be in force.
 (5) A permit authorising a person to