# The Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Amendment) Order 1996 S.I. 1996/2677 · made 19 October 1996 This Order amends the provisions of the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (“the Act”), which restricts the importation, exportation and sale of endangered species. Made under: Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Section 3) ## Introductory text ANIMALS Made 19th October 1996 Laid before Parliament 25th October 1996 Coming into force Articles 1 to 4 15th November 1996 Article 5 16th November 1996 The Secretary of State, having consulted the scientific authorities to which the duty referred to in section 2(4) of the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 is assigned, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3(a) and (d) of that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:– ## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation (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. ## 2 Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Act Schedule 1 to the Act (Animals the importation and exportation of which are restricted) 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, as amended, has effect”. ## 3 Amendment of Schedule 2 to the Act Schedule 2 to the Act (Plants the importation and exportation of which are restricted) 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. ## 4 Schedule 3 to the Act Schedule 3 to the Act (Items the importation and exportation of which are restricted) 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. ## 5 Revocation The Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Modification) Order 1982, the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Modification) Order 1983 and the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Variation) Order 1985 are hereby revoked. ## Signature Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State James Clappison Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department of the Environment 19th October 1996 ## PLANTS THE IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION OF WHICH ARE NO LONGER RESTRICTED Family Kind Apocynaceae Pachypodium Araceae Alocasia sanderana Alocasia zebrina Araliaceae Panax quinquefolius Asclepiadaceae Ceropegia Frerea indica Byblidaceae Byblis Cactaceae Cactaceae Caryocareae Caryocar costaricense Caryophyllaceae Gymnocarpos przewalskii Melandrium mongolicus Silene mongolica Stellaria pulvinata Cephalotaceae Cephalotus follicularis Chloanthaceae Australian populations of all species Cyatheaceae Cyatheaceae Cycadeceae Cycadaceae Dicksoniaceae Dicksoniaceae Didiereaceae Didiereaceae Dioscoreaceae Dioscorea deltoidea Euphorbiaceae Any species of the genus Euphorbia which is a succulent Fagaceae Quercus copeyensis Gentianaceae Prepusa hookeriana Gnetaceae Gnetum montanum Haemodoraceae Anigozanthos Macropidia fuliginosa Humiriaceae Vantanea barbourii Juglandaceae Engelhardtia pterocarpa Leguminosae Ammopiptanthus mongolicum Cynometra hemitomophylla Platymischium pleiostachyum Tachigalia versicolor Thermopsis mongolica Liliaceae Aloe Magnoliaceae Talauma hodgsonii Melastomataceae Lavoisiera itambana Meliaceae Guarea longipetiola Swietenia humilis Moraceae Batocarpus costaricensis Myrtaceae Verticordia Orchidaceae Orchidaceae Palmae Areca ipot Chrysalidocarpus decipiens Chrysalidocarpus lutescens Neodypsis decaryi Phoenix hanceana var philippinensis Zalacca clemensiana Papaveraceae Meconopsis regia Pinaceae Abies nebrodensis Podocarpaceae Podocarpus costalis Podocarpus nerifolius Portulacaceae Anacampseros Primulaceae Cyclamen Proteaceae Banksia Conospermum Dryandra formosa Dryandra polycephala Xylomelum Rutaceae Boronia Crowea Geleznowia verrucosa Sarraceniaceae Darlingtonia californica Saxifragaceae (Grossulariaceae) Ribes sardoum Solanaceae Solanum sylvestre Stangeriaceae Stangeriaceae Sterculiaceae Basiloxylon excelsum Tetracentraceae Tetracentron Thymelaeaceae Pimelea physodes Ulmaceae Celtis aetnensis Verbenaceae Caryopteris mongolica Welwitschiaceae Welwitschiaceae Zamiaceae Zamiaceae Zingiberaceae Hedychyium philippinense Zygophyllaceae Guaiacum sanctum ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) This Order amends the provisions of the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (“the Act”), which restricts the importation, exportation and sale of endangered species. Articles 2 and 3 and the Schedule to the Order remove from Schedules 1 and 2 to the Act (Animals and plants the import and export of which are restricted) certain kinds of animal and plant. Article 4 removes from the effect of Schedule 3 to the Act (Items the import and export of which are restricted) certain plant and animal derivatives. The effect of these provisions is to remove all the import and export controls imposed by the Act other than those which duplicate the controls imposed by Council Regulation 3626/82 on the implementation in the Community of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora, as amended. Article 5 revokes the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Modification) Order 1982, the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Modification) Order 1983 and the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 (Variation) Order 1985, which make Amendments to the Act which are superseded by those made by this Order. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2677 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/endangered-species-import-and-export-act-1976-amendment-order-1996 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.