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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-trade-in-endangered-species-regulations-2018/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/703",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Trade in Endangered Species Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-trade-in-endangered-species-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Article 16(1)(j) of the Principal Regulation",
  "text": "(1) The penalty for the offence specified in sub-paragraph (2) is as follows—\n(a) on summary conviction, imprisonment for a maximum term of six months or a fine (not exceeding the statutory maximum in Scotland or Northern Ireland, as the case may be) or both;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, imprisonment for a maximum term of five years or a fine or both.\n(2) The offence referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is the conduct specified in Article 16(1)(j) of the Principal Regulation in relation to a specimen, in contravention of Article 8 of the Principal Regulation, as follows—\n(a) purchasing;\n(b) offering to purchase;\n(c) acquiring for commercial purposes;\n(d) using for commercial gain;\n(e) displaying to the public for commercial purposes;\n(f) selling;\n(g) keeping for sale;\n(h) offering for sale;\n(i) transporting for sale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/703/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:56:55.507599+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."
}