Wild Fauna and Flora Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Exemptions
30. Travelling circus or exhibition
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Director may, after (if necessary) consultation with the appropriate management authority, waive the requirement of holding a permit or certificate granted under Part 2 in respect of any specimen of any species listed in the Appendix that form part of a travelling zoo, circus, menagerie, plant exhibition or other travelling exhibition where —
Director
“Director” means the Director of the Department of Agriculture and Agrifood, and includes the Deputy Director of Agriculture and Agrifood;
the exporter or importer registers full details of such specimen with the Director;
specimen
“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;
the specimen was —
acquired before the provisions of the Convention applied to that specimen; or
Convention
“Convention” means the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora signed at Washington, District of Columbia on the 3rd day of March 1973 and any amendment made thereto which has come into force and has been accepted by the Government;
in the case of an animal, bred in captivity or in the case of a plant, artificially propagated; and
that management authority is satisfied that any living specimen will be transported and cared for so that the risk of —
management authority
“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;
injury to the specimen;
adverse effect on the health of the specimen; and
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in the case of an animal, cruel treatment of the specimen, is minimised.
Terms defined in s 2
animal
Defined · s 2“animal” means any member of the animal kingdom, including without limitation any mammal, fish, bird, amphibian, reptile, mollusc, arthropod or other invertebrate, but does not include human beings;
Appendix
Defined · s 2“Appendix” means the Appendix I, II or III to the Convention and any amendment thereto which may come into force;
Convention
Defined · s 2“Convention” means the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora signed at Washington, District of Columbia on the 3rd day of March 1973 and any amendment made thereto which has come into force and has been accepted by the Government;
Director
Defined · s 2“Director” means the Director of the Department of Agriculture and Agrifood, and includes the Deputy Director of Agriculture and Agrifood;
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;
plant
Defined · s 2“plant” means any angiosperm, gymnosperm, fern or fern ally; and includes any moss, liverwort, alga, including cyanophyte, lichen, fungus or related organism;
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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