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The Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Amendment) Regulations 1996


Published: 1996-10-19

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Statutory Instruments
1996 No. 2684

ANIMALS
The Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Amendment) Regulations 1996

Made
19th October 1996

Laid before Parliament
25th October 1996

Coming into force

Regulations 1 to 6
16th November 1996

Regulation 7
17th November 1996

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1), being the Minister designated(2) for the purposes of that subsection in relation to the regulation and control, in the interests of conservation, of the import, export, landing, keeping, transportation and commercial display of, and trade in and disposal of, fauna and flora (including their parts and derivatives), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall, except for regulation 7, come into force on 16th November 1996 immediately after the coming into force of articles 1 to 4 of the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Amendment) Order 1996(3).

(2) Regulation 7 shall come into force on 17th November 1996, immediately after the coming into force of article 5 of the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Amendment) Order 1996.

(3) In these Regulations “the Act” means the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976(4).

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Act

2.  In Schedule 1 to the Act (Animals the importation and exportation of which are restricted)(5) for all the words from “This Schedule applies” onwards there shall be substituted “This Schedule does not apply to any kind of animal.”.

Amendment of Schedule 2 to the Act

3.  In Schedule 2 to the Act (Plants the importation and exportation of which are restricted)(6) for all the words from “This Schedule applies” onwards there shall be substituted “This Schedule does not apply to any kind of plant.”.

Amendment of Schedule 3 to the Act

4.  In Schedule 3 to the Act (Items the importation and exportation of which are restricted)(7) for all the words from “This Schedule applies” onwards there shall be substituted “This Schedule does not apply to any item.”.

Amendment of Schedule 4 to the Act

5.  For Schedule 4 to the Act (Animals the sale etc. of which is restricted)(8) there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

Amendment of Schedule 5 to the Act

6.  For Schedule 5 to the Act (Plants the sale etc. of which is restricted)(9) there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Revocation

7.  The Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Amendment) Order 1996 is hereby revoked.

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State

James Clappison
Parliamentary Secretary of State
Department of the Environment
19th October 1996

Regulation 5

SCHEDULE 1SCHEDULE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULE 4 TO THE ENDANGERED SPECIES (IMPORT AND EXPORT) ACT 1976

Section 4

“SCHEDULE 4ANIMALS THE SALE ETC OF WHICH IS RESTRICTED

This Schedule applies to the following kinds of animal, namely—


MAMMALS

1.  Subject to paragraph 2, the kinds of mammals specified in the first column below—

Restricted kind
Common name

Carnivora

Vulpes velox hebes
Northern kit fox

Aonyx microdon
Cameroon clawless otter

Felis bengalensis bengalensis
Bengal tiger cat

Felis rubiginosa
Rusty-spotted cat

Felis rufa escuinapae
Mexican bobcat

Artiodactyla

Vicugna vicugna
Vicuna

Moschus moschiferus moschiferus
Himalayan musk deer

Antilocapra americana sonoriensis
Sonoran pronghorn

Rodentia

Pseudomys fumous
Smoky mouse

2.  The species Aonyx microdon, Felis bengalensis bengalensis, Felis rubiginosa, Antilocapra americana sonoriensis, Moschus moschiferus moschiferus and Vicugna vicugna are specified in this Schedule only in relation to populations excluded from Appendix I of Annex A to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3626/82 on the implementation in the Community of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora, as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 558/95.

BIRDS

3.  The kinds of birds specified in the first column below—

Restricted kind
Common name

Falconiformes

Cathartidae (except Gymnogyps californianus and Vultur gryphus)
New World vultures

REPTILES

4.  Subject to paragraph 5, the kinds of reptiles specified in the first column below—

Restricted kind
Common name

Crocodylia

Crocodylus niloticus
Nile crocodile

Crocodylus porosus
Salt-water crocodile

Serpentes

Bolyeria spp (except B. multocarinata)
Round Island boas

Casarea spp (except C. dussumeri)
Keel-scaled boas

5.  Crocodylus niloticus and Crocodylus porosus are specified in this Schedule only in relation to populations excluded from Appendix I of Annex A to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3626/82 on the implementation in the Community of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora, as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 558/95.

FISH

6.  The kinds of fish specified in the first column below—

Restricted kind
Common name

Coregonus alpenae
Longjaw cisco

Stizostedion vitreum glaucum
Blue walleye

Note: The second column of this Schedule gives a common name or names, where available, and is included by way of guidance only; in the event of any dispute or proceedings, only the first column is to be taken into account.”

Regulation 6

SCHEDULE 2SCHEDULE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULE 5 TO THE ENDANGERED SPECIES (IMPORT AND EXPORT) ACT 1976

Section 4

“SCHEDULE 5PLANTS THE SALE ETC. OF WHICH IS RESTRICTED

Family
Kind

Araceae
Alocasia sanderana

Caryocaraceae
Caryocar costaricense

Caryophyllaceae
Gymnocarpus prewalskii Melandrium mongolicus Silene mongolica Stellaria palvinata

Gentianaceae
Prepusa hookeriana

Humiriaceae
Vantanea barbourii

Juglandaceae
Engelhardtia pterocarpa

Leguminosae
Ammopiptanthus mongolicum Cynometra hemitomophylla Platymiscium pleiostachyum Tachilgalia versicolor

Melastomataceae
Lavoisiera itambana

Meliaceae
Guarea longipetiola

Moraceae
Batocarpus costaricensis

Pinaceae
Abies nebrodensis

Podocarpaceae
Podocarpus costalis

Saxifragaceae (otherwise known as Grossulariaceae)
Ribes sardoum

Ulmaceae
Celtis aetnensis

Welwitschiaceae
Welwitschia bainesii

Zingiberaceae
Hedychium philippinense”

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations are made in consequence of Council Regulation 3626/82 on the implementation in the Community of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora (OJ No. L 384, 31.12.1982, p.1; relevant amending instruments are OJ No. L 87, 31.3.88, p.67, OJ No. L 57, 15.3.95, p.l, OJ No. L 284, 28.11.95, p.3.) (“the EC CITES Regulation”). Their effect is to disapply the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (“the Act”) insofar as it has been superseded by the EC CITES Regulation.
Regulations 2 and 3 provide that Schedules 1 and 2 to the Act shall not apply to any kinds of animal or plant. Regulation 4 provides that Schedule 3 to the Act shall not apply to any item. The effect of these provisions is to disapply national import and export restrictions which duplicated restrictions made by the EC CITES Regulation.
Regulation 5, by substituting a new Schedule 4 to the Act (Schedule 4 to the Act specifies the kinds of animals the sale etc. of which is restricted), deletes from that Schedule a number of kinds of animal previously listed. The deletion disapplies national sales restrictions which duplicated restrictions made by the EC CITES Regulation. The new Schedule 4 lists those kinds of animal which were previously listed in that Schedule and on which national controls do not duplicate the EC CITES Regulation.
Regulation 6 deletes from Schedule 5 to the Act (which specifies the kinds of plant the sale etc. of which is restricted) the kinds of plant the sale of which is restricted under Article 6 of the EC CITES Regulation.
Regulation 7 revokes the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Amendment) Order 1996 which is spent as a consequence of these Regulations.


(1)
1972 c. 68.

(2)
S.I. 1985/956.

(3)
1996/2677.

(4)
1976 c. 72.

(5)
Schedule 1 was substituted by S.I. 1982/1230 and amended by S.I. 1996/2677.

(6)
Schedule 2 was substituted by S.I. 1982/1230 and amended by S.I. 1996/2677.

(7)
Schedule 3 was substituted by S.I. 1982/1230 (relevant amending instruments to which are S.I. 1983/1609, 1985/1502) and amended by S.I. 1996/2677.

(8)
Schedule 4 was added by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69), section 15(1) and Schedule 10 and amended by S.I. 1996/2677.

(9)
Schedule 5 was added by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, section 15(1) and Schedule 10.