Protected Animal Specimens

Code of Practice

 

Update personal details, report specimens and declare transactions

Privacy Notice

This form contains information that identifies you and is defined as ‘personal information’ under the Privacy and Personal Information Act 1998 (NSW) (PPIP Act). Supply of this information is voluntary, but you may not be able to be registered under the Code of Practice if the information is not provided.

It is an offence to provide false or misleading information in applications and documents in connection with matters under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.

The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (the department) collects and manages the personal information you provide in accordance with the PPIP Act. Information supplied on this form will be used by officers of the department to process your registration under the Code. Your personal information may be disclosed to third parties for the purposes of confirming information provided by you, and for law enforcement purposes. The department will not otherwise use your personal information except for purposes listed as exemptions in the PPIP Act.

When you purchase, trade or export with a licence holder or another person registered under the Code of Practice they are required to record and store details of those transactions, including some of your personal information. This information is provided to the department for information and compliance purposes, including randomly checking compliance. When you buy or sell to someone you must tell them that you are recording their information and that it may be provided to the department.

For further information or enquiries regarding privacy or access to your information, contact a Right to Information/Privacy Officer on 9995 6080 or 9995 6497 or in writing to:
Information/Privacy Officer
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
PO BOX A290
South Sydney NSW 2000.

Complete this form to do one or all of the following: update your personal details, report changes to specimen information, or declare transactions.

You will find this in the email you received when you registered to the code. Email subject: Registration to the Protected Animal Specimens Code of Practice




Important!
This is now your registered email address.

You can only have one email address registered to the code. Please amend the email address field above to be your preferred email contact.

 
Update personal details




Residential address where specimens will be held

If the search is unable to find your address, you can free type this information


State is incorrect
The state must be NSW to be valid.

Report changes to specimen information


Please list the specimens you specimens you obtained or disposed of without monetary transactions, (e.g. collected, traded, gifted, or acquired as a gift) during this reporting period. Include specimens acquired or sold through financial transactions in the 'Declare transaction' section.

If you have previously registered the specimens in your possession, you do not need to provide this information again.

Specimen log
Each individual animal and their associated specimen information must be registered. To register multiple specimens sourced from an individual animal or specimens sourced from multiple animals, please repeat the process until you have registered all the protected animal specimens you possess or intend to collect.

Note:
If you have specimens from the same species of animal but they are from different individuals (e.g. bones from two different wombats), you will need to log each animal's specimens separately.

If you have specimens from multiple animals of the same species, log each individual animal separately
If you are not able to find the species of the specimen in this list, please select 'Other' at the bottom of the list. You will be asked to provide the species common name and scientific name.


List all the specimens from this individual animal


If you have multiple specimens of the same type from the same species you have selected (e.g. 3 non-viable eggs of a tawny frogmouth or 2 taxidermied common wombats), you are required to log each specimen as a separate individual animal.
Unpreserved specimen
You must take this carcass or unpreserved specimen to someone legally authorised to preserve it (such as a BC licensed taxidemist) within three months of first possessing it.

E.g. If you have 3 feathers from a bird, you would enter '3' in this field.






If this land is owned by someone else, please retain the written consent in your own records of the private landholder giving you permission to take the specimen.


Before dealing a specimen with another person, please ensure you have their NSW Biodiversity Conservation Licence number or code registration identifier.





Details of other person









To log more changes to the specimens for this individual animal please click 'Add more specimens from this individual animal' just below the bottom right corner of this box.

To log more changes to specimens from another animal please click 'Add specimens from another animal' just below the bottom right corner of this box.

Declare transactions

Please list the specimens bought or sold during this reporting period. 

Important:
Before dealing a specimen with another person, please ensure you have their NSW Biodiversity Conservation Licence number or code registration identifier.


Please visit the annual transaction limit webpage to learn more about transactions.

Please note:
There is enforceable limit of 5 specimens that you can buy and sell in a 12-month period. This period starts from the date of registration under the Code. If you have bought or sold protected animal specimens you are required to report this information annually by the 12-month anniversary date of your registration to the Code.

Transaction - 1

If you have specimens from multiple animals of the same species, log each individual animal separately
If you are not able to find the species of the specimen in this list, please select 'Other' at the bottom of the list. You will be asked to provide the species common name and scientific name.









Details of other person








List all the specimens from this individual animal


If you have multiple specimens of the same type from the same species you have selected (e.g. 3 non-viable eggs of a tawny frogmouth or 2 taxidermied common wombats), you are required to log each specimen as a separate individual animal.
Unpreserved specimen
You must take this carcass or unpreserved specimen to someone legally authorised to preserve it (such as a BC licensed taxidemist) within three months of first possessing it.

E.g. If you have 3 feathers from a bird, you would enter '3' in this field.


To log more specimens from this individual animal involved in the same transaction, please click 'Add more specimens from this individual animal' just below the bottom right corner of this box.
Transaction - 2

If you have specimens from multiple animals of the same species, log each individual animal separately
If you are not able to find the species of the specimen in this list, please select 'Other' at the bottom of the list. You will be asked to provide the species common name and scientific name.









Details of other person








List all the specimens from this individual animal


If you have multiple specimens of the same type from the same species you have selected (e.g. 3 non-viable eggs of a tawny frogmouth or 2 taxidermied common wombats), you are required to log each specimen as a separate individual animal.
Unpreserved specimen
You must take this carcass or unpreserved specimen to someone legally authorised to preserve it (such as a BC licensed taxidemist) within three months of first possessing it.

E.g. If you have 3 feathers from a bird, you would enter '3' in this field.


To log more specimens from this individual animal involved in the same transaction, please click 'Add more specimens from this individual animal' just below the bottom right corner of this box.
Transaction - 3

If you have specimens from multiple animals of the same species, log each individual animal separately
If you are not able to find the species of the specimen in this list, please select 'Other' at the bottom of the list. You will be asked to provide the species common name and scientific name.









Details of other person








List all the specimens from this individual animal


If you have multiple specimens of the same type from the same species you have selected (e.g. 3 non-viable eggs of a tawny frogmouth or 2 taxidermied common wombats), you are required to log each specimen as a separate individual animal.
Unpreserved specimen
You must take this carcass or unpreserved specimen to someone legally authorised to preserve it (such as a BC licensed taxidemist) within three months of first possessing it.

E.g. If you have 3 feathers from a bird, you would enter '3' in this field.


To log more specimens from this individual animal involved in the same transaction, please click 'Add more specimens from this individual animal' just below the bottom right corner of this box.
Transaction - 4

If you have specimens from multiple animals of the same species, log each individual animal separately
If you are not able to find the species of the specimen in this list, please select 'Other' at the bottom of the list. You will be asked to provide the species common name and scientific name.









Details of other person








List all the specimens from this individual animal


If you have multiple specimens of the same type from the same species you have selected (e.g. 3 non-viable eggs of a tawny frogmouth or 2 taxidermied common wombats), you are required to log each specimen as a separate individual animal.
Unpreserved specimen
You must take this carcass or unpreserved specimen to someone legally authorised to preserve it (such as a BC licensed taxidemist) within three months of first possessing it.

E.g. If you have 3 feathers from a bird, you would enter '3' in this field.


To log more specimens from this individual animal involved in the same transaction, please click 'Add more specimens from this individual animal' just below the bottom right corner of this box.
Transaction - 5

If you have specimens from multiple animals of the same species, log each individual animal separately
If you are not able to find the species of the specimen in this list, please select 'Other' at the bottom of the list. You will be asked to provide the species common name and scientific name.









Details of other person








List all the specimens from this individual animal


If you have multiple specimens of the same type from the same species you have selected (e.g. 3 non-viable eggs of a tawny frogmouth or 2 taxidermied common wombats), you are required to log each specimen as a separate individual animal.
Unpreserved specimen
You must take this carcass or unpreserved specimen to someone legally authorised to preserve it (such as a BC licensed taxidemist) within three months of first possessing it.

E.g. If you have 3 feathers from a bird, you would enter '3' in this field.


To log more specimens from this individual animal involved in the same transaction, please click 'Add more specimens from this individual animal' just below the bottom right corner of this box.


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