Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 2684

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

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1996 No. 2684

ANIMALS

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

[1] 1972 c. 68. back

[2] S.I. 1985/956. back

[3] 1996/2677. back

[4] 1976 c. 72. back

[5] Schedule 1 was substituted by S.I. 1982/1230 and amended by S.I. 1996/2677. back

[6] Schedule 2 was substituted by S.I. 1982/1230 and amended by S.I. 1996/2677. back

[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. back

[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. back

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

Explanatory Note