PART 2 Amendment of primary legislation

2 The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
In section 7(3)(c) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 —
(a) for “Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1372)” substitute “ Control of Trade in Endangered Species Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/703) ”;
S.I. 1997/1372, which was revoked by S.I. 2018/703.
S.I. 2018/703, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
(b) for “under Regulation 9 of those Regulations” substitute “ under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to those Regulations which consists of the conduct specified in the table in that paragraph as the subject-matter of Regulation 8(6) of those Regulations ”.
Reg. 2 in force at 6.11.2019, see reg. 1(1)
Section 7(3)(c) was inserted by paragraph 7(b) of Schedule 6 to the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 6).
1981 c. 69.

3 The Serious Crime Act 2007
In Schedule 1 to the Serious Crime Act 2007 , for each of paragraphs 13(4), 16M(4) and 29(4) substitute—

“(4) An offence under paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 1 to the Control of Trade in Endangered Species Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/703).
(5) An offence under paragraph 2 of that Schedule which consists of the conduct specified in the table in that paragraph as the subject matter of Article 16(1)(c) or (d) of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein .
OJ No L 61, 3.3.1997, p 1, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/160 (OJ No L 27, 1.2.2017, p 1).”

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Reg. 3 in force at 6.11.2019, see reg. 1(1)
2007 c. 27. Part 1A was inserted by paragraph 31 of Schedule 1 to the Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9).