Wild Fauna and Flora Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Exemptions
26. Certificate of acquisition
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any person who desires to export or re-export a specimen of any species listed in the Appendix that was legally acquired before the provisions of this Act applied to that specimen shall apply in writing to the Director for a certificate of acquisition.
export
“export” means the shipment of any specimen in any vehicle to a country outside Brunei Darussalam; but does not include the re-export of any specimen or the shipment in transit of any specimen outside Brunei Darussalam;
The Director may, after (if necessary) consultation with the appropriate other management authority, issue a certificate of acquisition to the applicant if the management authority is satisfied that the specimen to which the application relates was legally acquired before the provisions of this Act applied to that specimen.
Director
“Director” means the Director of the Department of Agriculture and Agrifood, and includes the Deputy Director of Agriculture and Agrifood;
Part 2 does not apply to any person who has been issued with a certificate of acquisition under subsection (2).
Notwithstanding subsection (3), sections 7, 8 and 22 shall, with all necessary modifications, apply to a certificate of acquisition.
Terms defined in s 2
Appendix
Defined · s 2“Appendix” means the Appendix I, II or III to the Convention and any amendment thereto which may come into force;
Director
Defined · s 2“Director” means the Director of the Department of Agriculture and Agrifood, and includes the Deputy Director of Agriculture and Agrifood;
export
Defined · s 2“export” means the shipment of any specimen in any vehicle to a country outside Brunei Darussalam; but does not include the re-export of any specimen or the shipment in transit of any specimen outside Brunei Darussalam;
management authority
Defined · s 2“management authority” means — (a) in relation to Brunei Darussalam, the Director; (b) in relation to any other country, the management authority appointed by that country for the purposes of the Convention;
re-export
Defined · s 2“re-export” means the export of any specimen that has previously been imported, whether or not in the same form as at the time of its importation;
species
Defined · s 2“species” means any species, sub-species, variety, form or geographically separate population thereof;
specimen
Defined · s 2“specimen” means — (a) any animal or plant, whether alive or dead; or (b) any recognisable part or derivative thereof which appears from an accompanying document, the packaging or a mark or label, or from any other circumstances, to be a recognisable part or derivative of an animal or plant of species included in the Appendix, unless such part or derivative is specifically exempted from the Convention;
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