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

Made19th October 1996

Laid before Parliament25th October 1996

Coming into force

Articles 1 to 415th November 1996

Article 516th November 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 19761 is assigned, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3(a) and (d)2 of that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:–

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

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.

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Act2

Schedule 1 to the Act (Animals the importation and exportation of which are restricted)3 shall 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. 3626/82 on the implementation in the Community of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora4, as amended, has effect”.

Amendment of Schedule 2 to the Act3

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

Schedule 3 to the Act4

Schedule 3 to the Act (Items the importation and exportation of which are restricted)6 shall 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. 3626/82 on the implementation in the Community of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora, as amended.

Revocation5

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

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State

James ClappisonParliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment of the Environment19th October 1996

SCHEDULEPLANTS THE IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION OF WHICH ARE NO LONGER RESTRICTED

Article 3

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 of which are restricted) certain kinds of animal and plant. Article 4 removes from the effect of Schedule 3 to the Act (Items the import and export of which are restricted) certain plant and animal derivatives.

The effect of these provisions is to remove all the import and export controls imposed by the Act other than those which duplicate the controls imposed by Council Regulation 3626/82 on the implementation in the Community of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora, as amended.

Article 5 revokes the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Modification) Order 1982, the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Modification) Order 1983 and the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Variation) Order 1985, which make Amendments to the Act which are superseded by those made by this Order.