The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Made: 2nd July 2009

Laid before Parliament: 8th July 2009

Coming into force: 11th August 2009

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Citation, commencement and interpretation

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Amendment of regulation 2 of the COTES Regulations

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Insertion of regulation 8A into the COTES Regulations

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Signed

Huw Irranca-Davies — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 2nd July 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations insert a new regulation 8A into the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1372) (“the COTES Regulations”), describing three cases in which a specimen is presumed to be of a species listed in Annex A to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 (OJ No L 61, 3.3.97, p. 1) (“the Principal Regulation”). This presumption applies for the purposes of regulation 8 of the COTES Regulations, which provides for certain offences relating to the purchase, sale etc. of specimens, the details of which differ depending on whether the specimen is of a species listed in Annex A or Annex B to the Principal Regulation. The presumption in favour of Annex A relates to cases where different species, subspecies or geographical populations of species are split between Annexes A and B to the Principal Regulation.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2008/301.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68.

[^f00003]: Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006.

[^f00004]: OJ No L 61, 3.3.97, p 1, amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 407/2009 (OJ No L 123, 19.5.09, p 3); there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

[^f00005]: OJ No L 166, 19.6.06, p 1, amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 100/2008 (OJ No L 31, 5.2.08, p 3).

[^f00006]: S.I. 1997/1372, amended by S.I. 2005/1674 and 2007/2952.

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Editorial notes

[^key-3891e235d8e0b422dfed89486844ccfd]: Regulations revoked (1.10.2018) by The Control of Trade in Endangered Species Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/703), regs. 1, 14(1)(e)