Australian Capital Territory
Nature Conservation Regulations 1982     No 11
made under the
Nature Conservation Act 1980
Republication No 3
Republication date: 30 November 2001
Last amendment made by Act 2001 No 44
Amendments incorporated to 12 September 2001

Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel's Office
About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Nature Conservation Regulations 1982, made under the Nature Conservation Act 1980 as in force on 30 November 2001.  It includes any amendment, repeal or expiry affecting the republished law to 12 September 2001 and any amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes).  
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4. 
Kinds of republications
The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):
•	authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies
•	unauthorised republications.
The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.
Editorial changes
The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.  Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117).  The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.  
When preparing the authorised version of this republication amendments were made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
Uncommenced provisions and amendments
If a provision of the republished law has not commenced or is affected by an uncommenced amendment, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the uncommenced provision or amendment appears only in the last endnote.
Modifications
If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes.  For the legal status of modifications, see Legislation Act 2001, section 95.
Penalties
The value of a penalty unit for an offence against this republished law at the republication date—
	(a)	if the person charged is an individual—$100; or
	(b)	if the person charged is a corporation—$500.

Amendments incorporated to
12 September 2001

Australian Capital Territory
Nature Conservation Regulations 1982
made under the
Nature Conservation Act 1980
Contents
	Page

	1	Citation	2
	3	Records to be kept in respect of animals	2
	4	Records to be kept in respect of live fish	3
	5	Records to be kept in respect of plants that are wildlife	3
Endnotes
	1	About the endnotes	5
	2	Abbreviation key	5
	3	Legislation history	6
	4	Amendment history	6
	5	Earlier republications	7

Amendments incorporated to
12 September 2001

Australian Capital Territory
Nature Conservation Regulations 1982     

made under the
Nature Conservation Act 1980

    

  

1	Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Nature Conservation Regulations 1982.
3	Records to be kept in respect of animals
	(1)	For the Act, subsection 72 (1), the holder of a licence relating to animals who keeps an animal, other than an exempt animal, shall keep the following records in respect of the animals kept by him or her:
	(a)	a record of the number, species and sex of the animals;
	(b)	in respect of an animal acquired from another person—
	(i)	a record of the species and sex of the animal; and
	(ii)	a record of the date of receipt of the animal; and
	(iii)	a record of the name and address of that other person;
	(c)	in respect of an animal that dies or escapes from captivity—
	(i)	a record of the species and sex of the animal; and
	(ii)	a record of the date on which the animal died or escaped; 
	(d)	in respect of an animal that is transferred, whether in pursuance of a sale or otherwise, to another person—
	(i)	a record of the species and sex of the animal; and
	(ii)	a record of the date of transfer; and
	(iii)	a record of the name and address of the person receiving the animal.
	(2)	Notwithstanding subsection (1), a person is required to keep a record of the sex of an animal only where it is possible to ascertain, without handling the animal, the sex of that animal.
4	Records to be kept in respect of live fish
For the Act, subsection 72 (2), the records to be kept by a person who is the holder of a licence in respect of live fish kept by him or her are—
	(a)	a record of the species of the fish; and
	(b)	in respect of live fish acquired from another person—
	(i)	a record of the species of the fish; and
	(ii)	a record of the date of receipt of the fish; and
	(iii)	a record of the name and address of that other person; and
	(c)	in respect of live fish that are transferred, whether in pursuance of a sale or otherwise, to a person who is the holder of a licence authorising the sale of live fish—
	(i)	a record of the species of the fish; and
	(ii)	a record of the date of transfer; and
	(iii)	a record of the name and address of the person receiving the fish; and
	(d)	in respect of live fish that are exported from the Territory by the person—
	(i)	a record of the species of the fish; and
	(ii)	a record of the date of export; and
	(iii)	a record of the name and address of the person receiving the fish.
5	Records to be kept in respect of plants that are wildlife
For the Act, subsection 72 (3), the records to be kept by a person who is the holder of a licence authorising the sale or export from the Territory of native plants are—
	(a)	a record of the number and species of plants sold or exported from the Territory; and
	(b)	a record of the date on which the plants were sold or exported from the Territory; and
	(c)	a record of the name and address of the person receiving the plants.

Endnotes
1	About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history.  Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history.  Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws are listed in the legislation history and the amendment history.  These details are underlined.  Uncommenced provisions and amendments are not included in the republished law but are set out in the last endnotes.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.  
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
If the republished law includes penalties, current information about penalty unit values appears on the republication inside front cover.
2	Abbreviation key

am = amended	ord = ordinance	
amdt = amendment	orig = original	
ch = chapter	p = page	
cl = clause	par = paragraph	
def = definition	pres = present	
dict = dictionary	prev = previous	
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative 	(prev...) = previously	
Assembly	prov = provision	
div = division	pt = part	
exp = expires/expired	r = rule/subrule	
Gaz = Gazette	reg = regulation/subregulation	
hdg = heading	renum = renumbered	
ins = inserted/added	reloc = relocated	
LA = Legislation Act 2001	R[X] = Republication No	
LR = legislation register	s = section/subsection	
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	sch = schedule	
mod = modified / modification	sdiv = subdivision	
No = number	sub = substituted	
o = order	SL  = Subordinate Law	
om = omitted/repealed	underlining = whole or part not commenced	
3	Legislation history
These regulations were originally the Nature Conservation Regulations.  They were renamed under the Legislation Act 2001 as the Nature Conservation Regulations 1982.
Before 11 May 1989, regulations commenced on notification day unless otherwise stated (see Interpretation Ordinance 1914, s 5, Interpretation Ordinance 1937 s 16, Interpretation Act 1967 s 50, Subordinate Laws Act 1989 s 6).
Nature Conservation Regulations SL 1982 No 11
notified 22 June 1982
commenced 22 June 1982
as amended by
Nature Conservation Regulations (Amendment) SL 1983 No 20
notified 30 September 1983
commenced 1 October 1983
Nature Conservation Amendment Act 1994 (No 2) No 110 sch 2 pt 2
notified 22 December 1994 (Gaz 1994 No S289)
s 1, s 2 commenced 22 December 1994 (s 2 (1))
sch 2 pt 2 commenced 8 February 1995 (s 2 (2) and Gaz 1995 No S41)
Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 No 44 pt 259
notified 26 July 2001 (Gaz 2001 No 30)
s 1, s 2 commenced 26 July 2001 (IA s 10B)
pt 259 commenced 12 September 2001 (s 2 and Gaz 2001 No S65)
4	Amendment history
Citation
reg 1	om R3 LA
Interpretation
reg 2	om Act 2001 No 44 amdt 1.2958
Records to be kept in respect of animals
reg 3	am Act 1994 No 110
Records to be kept in respect of live fish
reg 4	am Act 1994 No 110
Records to be kept in respect of plants that are wildlife
reg 5	am Act 1994 No 110
Licence to take animals—fee
reg 6	om 1983 No 20
Licence to sell animals—fee
reg 7	om 1983 No 20
Licence to import or export—fees
reg 8	om 1983 No 20
Licence to sell fish—fee
reg 9	om 1983 No 20
Licences to pick plants that are wildlife—fees
reg 10	om 1983 No 20
Licence to fell or remove timber—fee
reg 11	om 1983 No 20
5	Earlier republications
Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order.

Republication No	Amendments to	Republication date	
1	1983 No 20	30 April 1991	
2	1983 No 20	8 February 1995	

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