Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1976 c. 72 |
| Year | 1976 |
a live or dead animal of any of the kinds to which Schedule 1 to this Act for the time being applies;a live or dead plant of any of the kinds to which Schedule 2 to this Act for the time being applies;an item to which Schedule 3 to this Act for the time being applies.(2) Subsection (1) above does not apply to the importation or exportation of anything under and in accordance with the terms of a licence issued by the Secretary of State.(3) The Secretary of State shall submit any application for a licence under subsection (2) above to whichever one of the scientific authorities (as defined in section 2 below) he considers is the best able to advise him as to whether a licence should be issued in pursuance of the application and, if so, its terms; and, before he issues or declines to issue a licence in pursuance of the application, he shall allow the authority a reasonable time so to advise him.(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.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; butis not an item to which Schedule 3 to this Act for the time being applies,may be, to any degree, general or specific,may be issued either to all persons, to persons of a class or to a particular person;may be subject to compliance with any specified conditions,may be modified or revoked at any time by the Secretary of State, andsubject to paragraph (b) above, shall be valid for F4such period as is stated in the licence.(5) The Secretary of State may charge for the issue of a licence under subsection (2) F2or (3B) above such sum (if any) as is for the time being prescribed by order of the Secretary of State.makes a statement or representation which he knows to be false in a material particular,furnishes a document or information which he knows to be false in a material particular,recklessly makes a statement or representation which is false in a material particular, orrecklessly furnishes a document or information which is false in a material particular,(7) Where a licence is issued under subsection (2) F2or (3B) above and, for the purpose of obtaining its issue, a person commits an offence under subsection (6) above, the licence shall be void.any live or dead animal or plant, oran item to which Schedule 3 to this Act for the time being applies,its return to the wild; orits being kept at premises (whether within or outside the United Kingdom) which are suitable for the keeping of animals or plants of that kind,(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 Schedule 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 exceedingF8level 3 on the standard scale.establish any body or bodies,
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