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Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Amendment) Order 1996

As Enacted Cited authorities 8 Cited in Amendments 8 Related
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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved

1996 No. 2677

ANIMALS

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

Made 19th October 1996

Laid before Parliament 25th October 1996

The Secretary of State, having consulted the scientific authorities to which the duty referred to in section 2(4) of the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 19761is assigned, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3(a) and (d)2of that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:–

S-1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Amendment) Order 1996 and, except for article 5, shall come into force on 15th November 1996.

(2) Article 5 shall come into force on 16th November 1996.

(3) In this Order “the Act” means the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976.

S-2 Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Act

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Act

2. Schedule 1 to the Act (Animals the importation and exportation of which are restricted)3shall be amended by the substitution for all the words after “This Schedule applies to” of the words “the kinds of animal in relation to which Article II of Annex A to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3626/82on the implementation in the Community of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora4, as amended, has effect”.

S-3 Amendment of Schedule 2 to the Act

Amendment of Schedule 2 to the Act

3. Schedule 2 to the Act (Plants the importation and exportation of which are restricted)5shall be amended–

(a) by the insertion after the words “This Schedule applies to the kinds of plant specified in the second column below” of the words “, except that in relation to Araucaria araucana this Schedule applies only in relation to the population of Chile,”, and

(b) by the deletion of references to the kinds of plants specified in the Schedule to this Order.

S-4 Schedule 3 to the Act

Schedule 3 to the Act

4. Schedule 3 to the Act (Items the importation and exportation of which are restricted)6shall not apply to any item mentioned in the Schedule unless the importation and exportation of that item is subject to Article II of Annex A to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3626/82on the implementation in the Community of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora, as amended.

S-5 Revocation

Revocation

5. The Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Modification) Order 19827, the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Modification) Order 19838and the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Variation) Order 19859are hereby revoked.

James Clappison

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department of the Environment

19th October 1996

SCHEDULE

Article 3

PLANTS THE IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION OF WHICH ARE NO LONGER RESTRICTED

Family

Kind

Apocynaceae

Pachypodium

Araceae

Alocasia sanderana

Alocasia zebrina

Araliaceae

Panax quinquefolius

Asclepiadaceae

Ceropegia

Frerea indica

Byblidaceae

Byblis

Cactaceae

Cactaceae

Caryocareae

Caryocar costaricense

Caryophyllaceae

Gymnocarpos przewalskii

Melandrium mongolicus

Silene mongolica

Stellaria pulvinata

Cephalotaceae

Cephalotus follicularis

Chloanthaceae

Australian populations of all species

Cyatheaceae

Cyatheaceae

Cycadeceae

Cycadaceae

Dicksoniaceae

Dicksoniaceae

Didiereaceae

Didiereaceae

Dioscoreaceae

Dioscorea deltoidea

Euphorbiaceae

Any species of the genus Euphorbia which is a succulent

Fagaceae

Quercus copeyensis

Gentianaceae

Prepusa hookeriana

Gnetaceae

Gnetum montanum

Haemodoraceae

Anigozanthos

Macropidia fuliginosa

Humiriaceae

Vantanea barbourii

Juglandaceae

Engelhardtia pterocarpa

Leguminosae

Ammopiptanthus mongolicum

Cynometra hemitomophylla

Platymischium pleiostachyum

Tachigalia versicolor

Thermopsis mongolica

Liliaceae

Aloe

Magnoliaceae

Talauma hodgsonii

Melastomataceae

Lavoisiera itambana

Meliaceae

Guarea longipetiola

Swietenia humilis

Moraceae

Batocarpus costaricensis

Myrtaceae

Verticordia

Orchidaceae

Orchidaceae

Palmae

Areca ipot

Chrysalidocarpus decipiens

Chrysalidocarpus lutescens

Neodypsis decaryi

Phoenix hanceana var philippinensis

Zalacca clemensiana

Papaveraceae

Meconopsis regia

Pinaceae

Abies nebrodensis

Podocarpaceae

Podocarpus costalis

Podocarpus nerifolius

Portulacaceae

Anacampseros

Primulaceae

Cyclamen

Proteaceae

Banksia

Conospermum

Dryandra formosa

Dryandra polycephala

Xylomelum

Rutaceae

Boronia

Crowea

Geleznowia verrucosa

Sarraceniaceae

Darlingtonia californica

Saxifragaceae (Grossulariaceae)

Ribes sardoum

Solanaceae

Solanum sylvestre

Stangeriaceae

Stangeriaceae

Sterculiaceae

Basiloxylon excelsum

Tetracentraceae

Tetracentron

Thymelaeaceae

Pimelea physodes

Ulmaceae

Celtis aetnensis

Verbenaceae

Caryopteris mongolica

Welwitschiaceae

Welwitschiaceae

Zamiaceae

Zamiaceae

Zingiberaceae

Hedychyium philippinense

Zygophyllaceae

Guaiacum sanctum

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the provisions of the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (“the Act”), which restricts the importation, exportation and sale of endangered species.

Articles 2 and 3 and the Schedule to the Order remove from Schedules 1 and 2 to the Act (Animals and plants the import and export...

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