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Crocodile Trade (Protection) (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 5 of 2014).

Country/Territory
Papua New Guinea
Document type
Regulation
Date
2014
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Papua New Guinea Sessional Legislation 2014.
Long title
Being an Act to amend the Crocodile Trade (Protection) Act (Chapter 213).
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Hunting/capture Institution Tax/levy Protection of species
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Melanesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific
Abstract

This Act amends the Crocodile Trade (Protection) Act by assigning duties and powers of the Minister or his or her delegate to the Conservator of Fauna and to a court of competent jurisdiction and in section 24 on levy. The holder of a licence to export crocodiles under this Act shall pay to the Authority a levy on crocodiles exported by him or her at a rate fixed from time to time by the Minister, acting on the advice of the Authority, by notice in the National Gazette.

Full text
English
Website
www.paclii.org

References - Legislation

Amends

Crocodile Trade (Protection) Regulation 1980.

Legislation | Papua New Guinea | 1980 (2006)

Keyword: Hunting/capture, Protection of species

Source: FAO, FAOLEX