Regulation 2 Amendments to the Ivory Act 2018

(1)

The Ivory Act 2018 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 37 (meaning of “ivory”)—

(a)

in subsection (1), for “an elephant” substitute—

“any of the following—

(a)

an elephant (see subsection (8));

(b)

a common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius);

(c)

a killer whale (Orcinus orca);

(d)

a narwhal (Monodon monoceros);

(e)

a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus).”;

(b)

in subsection (7)—

(i)

for “an elephant”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “an animal specified in subsection (1)”;

(ii)

for “not from an elephant” substitute “from none of the animals specified in that subsection”.

(3)

The amendments made by paragraph (2)(b) do not apply in relation to proceedings for an offence committed before these Regulations come into force.