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Procedures to be followed when CITES specimen are imported, exported or introduced from the sea

Type Class Valid From Valid To
Permit Requirement Goods 15/08/2011
Summary:

Anyone authorized to handle wildlife specimens under CITES must report their actions to the CITES Office within 14 days, and the Minister can require permit holders to keep records and report on the management of the wildlife.
Description:

(1) Any person authorised to import, re-export or re-introduce from the sea any wildlife specimen must report back to the CITES Office, within 14 days after such import, re-export
and re-introduction from the sea of any wildlife specimen.

(2) The Minister may, by notice in writing, require any person who has been issued with a permit to import, re-export or re-introduction from the sea any CITES listed animal in terms of these regulations, to keep records or registers and to report to the Minister any information relating to the management or care of any wildlife specimens to which the permit or certificate relates.

Commodities Affected by the Measure

# HS Code Description
1 0507 Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape; powder and waste of these products:
2 0508 Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply prepared but not otherwise worked; shells of molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and cuttle-bone, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, powder and waste thereof:

Procedures Implementing the Measure

1 Application for registration as a controlled wildlife products dealer or manufacturer
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Export Dealers Licence 1 Years No
2 Application to import or export CITES listed species or their parts, derivatives and products.
Activity Outcome Valid For Single Use
Export 6 Months No

Legal Documents Related to the Measure

Name Type Category
Regulations relating to Controlled Wildlife Products and Trade Act, 2008 Regulation Import/Export