Section 15
C1The text of Sch. 7 paras. 3– 12 and Sch. 10 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
1(1)After subsection (3) of section 1 of the 1976 Act (restriction on importation and exportation of certain animals and plants) there shall be inserted the following subsections—
“(3A)Subsection (3) above shall not apply in relation to an application of any description if the scientific authority concerned has advised the Secretary of State as to whether licences should be issued in pursuance of applications of that description and, if so, their terms.
(3B)Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that the issue of a licence authorising the importation or exportation of any item which—
(a)is part of or derives from or is made wholly or partly from an animal of any of the kinds to which Schedule 1 or a plant of any of the kinds to which Schedule 2 to this Act for the time being applies ; but
(b)is not an item to which Schedule 3 to this Act for the time being applies.
would facilitate the importation or exportation of that item, he may, if he considers it expedient to do so, issue such a licence.”
(2)In subsections (4), (5), (6) and (7) of that section after the words “subsection (2)” there shall be inserted the words “or (3B)”.
(3)In subsection (4) of that section after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—
“(aa)may be issued either to all persons, to persons of a class or to a particular person ;
(ab)may be subject to compliance with any specified conditions,”; and in paragraph (c) of that subsection for the words from “a period” to “shorter” there shall be substituted the word “such”.
2After subsection (8) of section 1 of the 1976 Act there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(9)Where, in the case of a live animal or a plant of any kind which is condemned or deemed to be condemned as forfeited, the Commissioners of Customs and Excise incur any expenses in connection with, or with a view to—
(a)its return to the wild ; or
(b)its being kept at premises (whether within or outside the United Kingdom) which are suitable for the keeping of animals or plants of that kind,
those expenses may be recovered, as a debt due to the Crown, from the importer or intending exporter of the animal or plant or any person possessing or having control of it at the time of its seizure.
In this subsection expressions which are also used in the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 have the same meanings as in that Act.”
3After the subsection inserted by paragraph 2 as subsection (9) of section 1 of the 1976 Act there shall be inserted the following subsections—
“(10)Any person duly authorised in writing by the Secretary of State may, at any reasonable time and (if required to do so) upon producing evidence that he is so authorised, enter any premises where animals of any of the kinds to which Schedule 1 or plants of any of the kinds to which Schedlule 2 to this Act for the time being applies are kept (whether temporarily or permanently) in order to ascertain whether any of the animals or plants kept there have been imported contrary to this section.
(11)Any person who wilfully obstructs a person acting under subsection (10) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £200.”
4(1)In paragraph (c) of section 3 of the 1976 Act (power to modify Schedules) after the word “conservation” there shall be inserted the words “in any area” and after the word “endangered” there shall be inserted the word “there”.
(2)After paragraph (d) of that section there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(dd)to restrict the importation of animals or plants of any kind which appear to the Secretary of State to be unlikely to survive for any appreciable time if they are kept in the United Kingdom ;”.
5(1)In subsection (1) of section 4 of the 1976 Act (offences to sell etc. things imported contrary to section 1 or their derivatives) for the words “Subject to subsection (2)” there shall be substituted the words “Subject to subsections (1B) and (2)”, after the words “has in his possession” there shall be inserted the words “or transports” and the words “and in the following provisions” onwards shall be omitted.
(2)After that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsections—
“(1A)Subject to subsections (1B) and (2) below, a person who sells, offers or exposes for sale, or has in his possession or transports for the purpose of sale—
(a)a live or dead animal of any of the kinds to which Schedule 4 to this Act for the time being applies or an egg or other immature stage of such an animal ;
(b)a live or dead plant of any of the kinds to which Schedule 5 to this Act for the time being applies ; or
(c)any part of or anything which derives from or is made wholly or partly from anything referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) above,
shall be guilty of an offence ; but nothing in this subsection shall apply in relation to anything falling within subsection (1) above or anything which has been imported, or is a part of or derives from or is made wholly or partly from anything which has been imported, before the passing of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
(1B)Subsections (1) and (1A) above do not apply to anything done under and in accordance with the terms of a licence issued by the Secretary of State ; and subsections (4) to (7) of section 1 above shall apply in relation to a licence issued under this subsection as they apply in relation to a licence issued under subsection (2) of that section.
(1C)In the following provisions of this section “restricted article” means anything falling within subsection (1) or (1A) above.”
(3)In subsection (2) of that section after the words “subsection (1)” there shall be inserted the words “or (1A)”.
(4)In subsection (5) of that section after the words “subsection (1)” there shall be inserted the words “, (1A)”.
(5)In subsection (6) of that section after the words “references to” there shall be inserted the word “hire”.
(6)After Schedule 3 to the 1976 Act there shall be inserted as Schedule 4 the Schedule set out in Part II of this Schedule.
(7)After the Schedule inserted in the 1976 Act by sub-paragraph (6) there shall be inserted as Schedule 5 the Schedule set out in Part III of this Schedule.
This Schedule applies to the following kinds of animals, namely—
1The kinds of mammal specified in the first column below—
| Kind | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bettongia | Rat kangaroo |
| Caloprymnus campestris | Desert rat-kangaroo |
| Lagorchestes hirsutus | Western hare-wallaby |
| Lagostrophus fasciatus | Banded hare-wallaby |
| Onychogalea fraenata | Bridle nail-tailed wallaby |
| Onychogalea lunata | Crescent nail-tailed wallaby |
| Lasiorhinus krefftii | Queensland hairy-nosed wombat |
| Chaeropus ecaudatus | Pig-footed bandicoot |
| Macrotis lagotis | Rabbit-bandicoot |
| Macrotis leucara | Lesser rabbit-bandicoot |
| Perameles bougainville | Western barred bandicoot |
| Sminthopsis longicaudata | Long-tailed dunnart |
| Sminthopsis psammophila | Sandhill dunnart |
| Thylacinus cynocephalus | Tasmanian wolf |
| Allocebus | Hairy-eared dwarf lemur |
| Cheirogaleus | Dwarf lemurs |
| Hapalemur | Gentle lemurs |
| Lemur | Lemurs |
| Lepilemur | Sportive and weasel lemurs |
| Microcebus | Mouse lemurs |
| Phaner | Fork-marked mouse lemurs |
| Avahi | Avahis (otherwise known as Woolly indris) |
| Indri | Indris |
| Propithecus | Sifakas |
| Daubentonia madagascariensis | Aye-aye |
| Callimico goeldii | Goeldi’s marmoset (otherwise known as Goeldi’s tamarin) |
| Callithrix aurita | White eared marmoset |
| Callithrix flaviceps | Buff-headed marmoset |
| Leontopithecus | Maned tamarin (otherwise known as Golden tamarin) |
| Saguinus bicolor | Pied tamarin |
| Saguinus geoffroyi | Geoffroy’s tamarin |
| Saguinus leucopus | White-footed tamarin |
| Saguinus oedipus | Cotton-headed tamarin |
| Alouatta palliata (otherwise known as Alouatta villosa) | Mantled howler |
| Ateles geoffroyi frontatus | Black-browed spider monkey |
| Ateles geoffroyi panamensis | Red spider monkey |
| Brachyteles arachnoides | Woolly spider monkey |
| Cacajao | Uakaris |
| Chiropotes albinasus | White-nosed saki |
| Saimiri oerstedii | Red-backed squirrel monkey |
| Cercocebus galeritus galeritus | Tana River mangabey |
| Cercopithecus diana | Diana monkey |
| Colobus badius kirkii | Kirk’s red colobus (otherwise known as Zanzibar red colobus) |
| Colobus badius rufomitratus | Tana River red colobus |
| Macaca silenus | Lion-tailed macaque |
| Nasalis larvatus | Proboscis monkey |
| Papio leucophaeus (otherwise known as Mandrillus leucophaeus) | Drill |
| Papio sphinx (otherwise known as Mandrillus sphinx) | Mandrill |
| Presbytis entellus | Langur (otherwise known as Entellus langur or True langur) |
| Presbytis geei | Golden langur |
| Presbytis pileatus | Caped langur |
| Presbytis potenziani | Mentawi leaf monkey |
| Pygathrix nemaeus | Douc langur |
| Rhinopithecus roxellanae | Snub-nosed langur |
| Simias concolor | Mentawi snub-nosed langur |
| Hybolates | Gibbons |
| Symphalangus syndactylus | Siamang |
| Pongidae | Great apes |
| Pridontes giganteus (otherwise known as Priodontes maximus) | Giant armadillo |
| Manis temmincki | South African pangolin |
| Caprolagus hispidus | Assam rabbit (otherwise known as Hispid hare) |
| Romerolagus diazi | Volcano rabbit |
| Cynomys mexicanus | Mexican prairie marmot |
| Leporillus conditor | Australian sticknest rat |
| Pseudomys fumeus | Smoky mouse |
| Pseudomys praeconis | Shark Bay mouse |
| Xeromys myoides | False water rat |
| Zyzomys pendunculatus | Central thick-tailed rat |
| Chinchilla (except any domestic form of Chinchilla laniger) | Chinchilla |
| Lipotes vexillifer | Chinese river dolphin |
| Physter catodon (otherwise known as Physeter macrocephalus) | Sperm whale |
| Platanista gangetica | Ganges dolphin |
| Platanista minor | Indus river dolpin |
| Sotalia | Humpbacked dolphins |
| Sousa | Humpacked dolphins |
| Neophocaena phocaenoides | Finless porpoise |
| Phocoena sinus | Cochito |
| Balaena mysticetus | Greenland right whale (otherwise known as Bowhead whale) |
| Balaenoptera borealis | Sei whale |
| Balaenoptera musculus | Blue whale |
| Balaenoptera physalus | Common rorqual |
| Eschrichtius | Grey whales |
| Eubalaena | Right whales |
| Megaptera novaeangliae | Humpback whale |
| Spethos venaticus | Bush dog |
| Vulpes velox hebes | Northern kit fox |
| Helarctos malayanus | Sun bear |
| Selenarctos thibetanus | Asiatic black bear |
| Tremarctos ornatus | Spectacled bear |
| Ursus arctos isabellinus | Brown bear |
| Ursus arctos nelsoni | Mexican brown bear |
| Ursus arctos pruinosus | Tibetan brown bear |
| Aonyx microdon | Cameroon clawless otter |
| Enhydra lutris nereis | Southern sea otter |
| Lutra felina | Marine otter |
| Lutra longicaudis | South American otter |
| Lutra lutra | Eurasian otter |
| Lutra provocax | Southern river otter |
| Mustela nigripes | Black-footed ferret |
| Pteronura brasiliensis | Giant otter |
| Prionodon pardicolor | Spotted linsang |
| Hyaena brunnea | Brown hyaena |
| Acinonyx jubatus | Cheetah |
| Felis bengalensis bengalensis | Leopard cat |
| Felis concolor coryi | Florida puma |
| Felis concolor costaricensis | Costa Rica puma |
| Felis concolor cougar | Eastern puma |
| Felis jacobita | Andean cat |
| Felis rufa escuinapae | Mexican bobcat |
| Felis marmorata | Marbled cat |
| Felis nigripes | Black-footed cat |
| Felis pardalis mearnsi | Costa Rica ocelot |
| Felis pardalis mitis | Brazilian ocelot |
| Felis planiceps | Flat-headed cat |
| Felis rubiginosa | Rusty spotted cat |
| Felis temmincki | Asiatic golden cat |
| Felis tigrina oncilla | Little spotted cat |
| Felis wiedii nicaraguae | Nicaraguan margay |
| Felis wiedii salvinia | Guatemalan margay |
| Felis yagouaroundi cacomitli | Jaguarundi |
| Felis yagouaroundi fossata | Jaguarundi |
| Felis yagouaroundi panamensis | Jaguarundi |
| Felis yagouaroundi tolteca | Jaguarundi |
| Neofelis nebulosa | Clouded leopard |
| Panthera leo persica | Asiatic lion |
| Panthera onca | Jaguar |
| Panthera pardus | Leopard |
| Panthera tigris | Tiger |
| Panthera uncia | Snow leopard |
| Arcocephalus townsendi | Guadelupe fur seal |
| Monachus | Monk seals |
| Elephas maximus | Asian elephant |
| Dugong dugon | Dugong (otherwise known as Sea-cow) |
| Trichechus inunguis | Amazonian manatee |
| Trichechus manatus | West Indian manatee |
| Equus grevyi | Grevy’s zebra |
| Equus hemionus hemionus | Mongolian wild ass |
| Equus hemionus khur | Indian wild ass |
| Equus przewalskii | Przewalski’s horse |
| Equus zebra zebra | Cape mountain zebra |
| Tapirus bairdii | Central American tapir |
| Tapirus indicus | Malayan tapir (otherwise known as Indian tapir) |
| Tapirus pinchaque | Mountain tapir (otherwise known as Woolly tapir) |
| Rhinocerotidae | Rhinoceroses |
| Babyrousa babyrussa | Babirusa |
| Sus salvanius | Pygmy hog |
| Vicugna vicugna | Calamian deer |
| Axis kuhli | Bawean deer |
| Axis porcinus annamiticus | Thai hog deer |
| Blastocerus dichotomus | Marsh deer |
| Cervus duvauceli | Swamp deer |
| Cervus elaphus hanglu | Kashmir stag (otherwise known as Hanglu) |
| Cervus eldi | Brow-antlered deer |
| Dama mesopotamica | Persian fallow deer |
| Hippocamelus antisiensis | Peruvian huemal |
| Hippocamelus bisulcus | Chilean huemal |
| Moschus moschiferus moschiferus | Himalayan musk deer |
| Ozotoceros bezoarticus | Pampas deer |
| Pudu pudu | Chilean pudu |
| Antilocapra americana peninsularis | Lower California pronghorn |
| Antilocapra americana sonoriensis | Sonoran pronghorn |
| Bison bison athabascae | Wood bison |
| Bos gaurus | Gaur |
| Bos mutus | Wild yak |
| Bubulas depressicornis | Lowland anoa |
| Bubalus mindorensis | Tamaraw |
| Bubalus quarlesi | Mountain anoa |
| Capra falconeri chiltanensis | Markhor |
| Capra falconeri jerdoni | Markhor |
| Capra falconeri megaceros | Markhor |
| Capricornis sumatraensis | Serow |
| Hippotragus niger variani | Giant sable antelope |
| Nemorhaedua goral | Goral |
| Novibos sauveli | Koupray |
| Oryx leucoryx | Arabian oryx |
| Ovis ammon hodgsoni | Great Tibetan sheep |
| Ovis orientalis ophion | Cyprian mouflon |
| Ovis vignei | Urial |
| Pantholops hodgsoni | Tibetan antelope |
| Rupicapra rupicapra ornata | Abrussi chamois |