Article 8Provisions relating to the control of commercial activities
1.
The purchase, offer to purchase, acquisition for commercial purposes, display to the public for commercial purposes, use for commercial gain and sale, keeping for sale, offering for sale or transporting for sale of specimens of the species listed in Annex A shall be prohibited.
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3.
In accordance with the requirements of other F2United Kingdom legislation (as that legislation applies in Great Britain) on the conservation of wild fauna and flora, exemption from the prohibitions referred to in paragraph 1 may be granted by issuance of a certificate to that effect by F3the management authority, on a case-by-case basis where the specimens:
F4(a)
were—
(i)
acquired in, or were introduced into, a Member State before the provisions relating to species listed in Appendix I to the Convention or in Annex C1 to Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82 or in Annex A to Regulation 338/97 (pre-exit) became applicable to the specimens; and
(ii)
acquired in, or were introduced into, the United Kingdom before IP completion day; or
F5(aa)
were acquired in, or were introduced into, the United Kingdom before the provisions relating to species listed in Appendix 1 to the Convention or in Annex C1 to Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82 or in Annex A to Regulation 338/97 (pre-exit) became applicable to the specimens; or
(b)
are worked specimens that were acquired more than 50 years previously; or
(c)
were introduced into F6Great Britain in compliance with the provisions of this Regulation and are to be used for purposes which are not detrimental to the survival of the species concerned; or
(d)
are captive-born and bred specimens of an animal species or artificially propagated specimens of a plant species or are parts or derivatives of such specimens; or
(e)
are required under exceptional circumstances for the advancement of science or for essential biomedical purposes pursuant to F7, and in accordance with, the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, where the species in question proves to be the only one suitable for those purposes and where there are no specimens of the species which have been born and bred in captivity; or
(f)
are intended for breeding or propagation purposes from which conservation benefits will accrue to the species concerned; or
(g)
are intended for research or education aimed at the preservation or conservation of the species; or
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The Secretary of State may, by regulations, set out general derogations—
(a)
from the prohibitions in paragraph 1, based on the conditions referred to in paragraph 3;
(b)
in relation to species listed in Annex A in accordance with point (ii) of Article 3(1)(b).
5.
The prohibitions referred to in paragraph 1 shall also apply to specimens of the species listed in Annex B except where it can be proved to the satisfaction of the F11management authority F12... that such specimens were acquired and, if they originated outside F13Great Britain, were introduced into it, in accordance with the legislation in force for the conservation of wild fauna and flora.
6.
The F14management authority shall have discretion to sell any specimen of the species listed in Annexes B to D F15it has confiscated under this Regulation, F16provided the specimen is not thus returned directly to the person or entity from whom it was confiscated or who was party to the offence. Such specimens may then be treated for all purposes as if they had been legally acquired.