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

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1.—(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 Act

2.  Schedule 1 to the Act (Animals the importation and exportation of which are restricted)(1) 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 flora(2), as amended, has effect”.

Amendment of Schedule 2 to the Act

3.  Schedule 2 to the Act (Plants the importation and exportation of which are restricted)(3) 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 Act

4.  Schedule 3 to the Act (Items the importation and exportation of which are restricted)(4) 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.

Revocation

5.  The Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Modification) Order 1982(5), the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Modification) Order 1983(6) and the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Variation) Order 1985(7) are hereby revoked.

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State

James Clappison

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department of the Environment

19th October 1996

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