{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-trade-in-endangered-species-enforcement-amendment-regulations-2009-revoked/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-trade-in-endangered-species-enforcement-amendment-regulations-2009-revoked/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1773",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (revoked)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-trade-in-endangered-species-enforcement-amendment-regulations-2009-revoked",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations insert a new regulation 8A into the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1372) (“the COTES Regulations”), describing three cases in which a specimen is presumed to be of a species listed in Annex A to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 (OJ No L 61, 3.3.97, p. 1) (“the Principal Regulation”). This presumption applies for the purposes of regulation 8 of the COTES Regulations, which provides for certain offences relating to the purchase, sale etc. of specimens, the details of which differ depending on whether the specimen is of a species listed in Annex A or Annex B to the Principal Regulation. The presumption in favour of Annex A relates to cases where different species, subspecies or geographical populations of species are split between Annexes A and B to the Principal Regulation.\nAn impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (1.10.2018) by The Control of Trade in Endangered Species Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/703), regs. 1, 14(1)(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1773/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:09:29.159482+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}