Bill
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Prohibition of Live Imports of Primates for Research) Bill 2015
lapsed, as at 2019-07-01.
- Sponsor
- Lee Rhiannon
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2015-09-17
- second reading — 2015-09-17
- other — 2016-04-17
- other — 2016-04-19
- other — 2016-05-09
- other — 2016-08-31
- other — 2019-07-01
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2015-09-17.
The bill would ban importing live primates into Australia for research.
It would amend Part 13A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to make this import unlawful.
The ban would not apply to imports of primates for other purposes such as zoos.
- Bans the import of live primates for research.
- Amends Part 13A of the EPBC Act.
- Exempts imports of primates for purposes other than research, such as zoos.
Researchers and organisations that import live primates for research in Australia.
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