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(1)This Act may be cited as the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976.
(2)In the application of this Act to Northern Ireland, for the references to the Secretary of State in sections [F11(2), to (4) and (10), 2(4), 4(1B)], 5(3), 6 and 7 and for the first reference to him in section 1(5) there shall be substituted references to the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland.
(3)Subject to subsection (4) below, this Act shall come into operation on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument; and different days may be appointed in pursuance of this subsection for different provisions of this Act and for such different purposes of the same provision as may be specified in the order.
(4)Any provision of this Act not previously brought into operation, or not previously brought into operation for a particular purpose, shall come into operation or, as the case may be, shall come into operation for that purpose on the expiry of the period of 6 months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.
(5)M1The Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act 1921 and the M2 Animals (Restriction of Importation) Act 1964 are hereby repealed.
(6)In section 7 of the M3 Protection of Birds Act 1954 (restrictions on importation of certain wild birds and eggs) subsection (1) and paragraph (a) of subsection (2) are hereby repealed; and accordingly in paragraph (b) of subsection (2) for “such a licence as aforesaid” there shall be substituted “a licence granted under section ten of this Act” and the word “other” (wherever it occurs) is hereby repealed.
(7)This Act extends to Northern Ireland.
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F1Words substituted by Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69, SIF 4:5), s. 15, Sch. 10 para. 6
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C1Power of appointment conferred by s. 13(3) fully exercised: 3.2.1977 appointed by S.I. 1977/24 art. 2
C2The text of s. 13(5)(6) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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