Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Modification) Order 1977
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1977/153 |
| Year | 1977 |
1977 No. 153
ANIMALS
The Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Modification) Order 19773rdFebruary 1977
3rdFebruary 1977
4thFebruary 1977
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 3 and 11(2) of the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976(a) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consulting a scientific authority, hereby makes the following order:—
Citation and commencement
1. This order may be cited as the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Modification) Order 1977 and shall come into operation on 4th February 1977.
Interpretation
2.—(1) The Interpretation Act 1889(b) shall apply for the interpretation of this order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
(2) In this order "the Act" means the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976.
Modification of the Schedules to the Act
3.—(1) For the purpose of giving effect to amendments to the Convention made in pursuance of its provisions and of promoting the conservation of animals of a kind which appears to the Secretary of State to be endangered as a result of international trade, the Schedules to the Act shall be modified in accordance with the following provisions of this article.
(2) Schedule 1 to the Act shall be modified as follows—
(a) in Part I the following words shall be deleted—
"Primates
Macaca rhesus Rhesus monkey
Macaca nemistrina Pig-tailed monkey";
(a) 1976 c. 72.
(b) 1889 c. 63.
(b) in Part II—
(i) after the words—
"Perch
Stizostedion vitreum glaucum Blue walleye"
there shall be inserted the words—
"Drumfish
Cynoscion macdonaldi";
(ii) after the word "Butterflies" there shall be inserted the words—
"Ornithoptera Birdwings"; and
(iii) for the words "Parnassius apollo apollo" there shall be substituted the words "Parnassius apollo".
(3) In Schedule 2—
(a) after the words—
"Dicksoniaceae Dicksoniaceae"
there shall be inserted the words—
"Didiereaceae Didiereaceae"; and
(b) after the words—
"Palmae Areca ipot"
there shall be inserted in the second column of the Schedule the words—
"Chrysalidocarpus decipiens Chrysalidocarpus lutescens Neodypsis decaryi".
(4) In Schedule 3—
(a) in paragraph 9(b) after the words "Chrotogale owstoni (Owston's banded civet)" there shall be inserted the words—
"Colobus angolensis (Angolan colobus)
Colobus guereza (guereza)
Colobus polykomos (western black and white colobus, otherwise known as ursine colobus)"; and
(b) after...
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