Introductory text

Trade

Wildlife

Made 23rd April 2025

Laid before Parliament 24th April 2025

Coming into force 15th May 2025

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 2(5) of the Ivory Act 2018^f1 (“the Act”).

The Secretary of State, in accordance with section 2(5) of the Act, being of the opinion that the institutions specified in regulation 2(2) have the necessary knowledge and expertise to provide the Secretary of State with advice on applications for exemption certificates and having obtained the consent of the persons in charge of each institution to the prescription of that institution as able to provide such advice, in accordance with section 2(6) of the Act, prescribes those institutions as able to provide such advice to the Secretary of State.

In accordance with section 39(3) of the Act, the Welsh Ministers, the Scottish Ministers and the Northern Ireland department^f2 have consented to the making of these Regulations.

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Footnotes

f1: 2018 c. 30; see section 39(2) and (3) for the definition of “the appropriate national authority”.
f2: See section 38(1) of the Act for the definition of “the Northern Ireland department”.