{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ivory-prohibitions-exemptions-process-and-procedure-regulations-2022/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ivory-prohibitions-exemptions-process-and-procedure-regulations-2022/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2022/94",
  "legislation_title": "The Ivory Prohibitions (Exemptions) (Process and Procedure) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ivory-prohibitions-exemptions-process-and-procedure-regulations-2022",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Trade\nWildlife\nMade 1st February 2022\nLaid before Parliament 3rd February 2022\nComing into force 24th February 2022\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(5), 3(1)(g) and (h), 4(7)(b) and (8), 5(5), 10(1)(f) and (g) and 39(1)(a) and (b) of the Ivory Act 2018 (“the Act”) and with the consent of the Welsh Ministers, the Scottish Ministers and the Northern Ireland department in accordance with section 39(3) of the Act, makes these Regulations.\nThe Secretary of State, in accordance with section 2(5) of the Act, being of the opinion that the institutions specified in the Schedule 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.\nThe Secretary of State has consulted the Welsh Ministers, the Scottish Ministers and the Northern Ireland department in accordance with the requirements of section 39(4) of the Act before making regulations which prescribe a fee.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 4(8) is cited for the meaning given to “specified information”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2018 c. 30. Section 39(2) and (3) contain a definition of “the appropriate national authority”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The definition of “the Northern Ireland department” is given by section 38(1) of the Ivory Act 2018."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/94/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:04:29.848799+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."
}