Wild Fauna and Flora Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · General
58. Regulations
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, make regulations for all or any of the following purposes —
Minister
“Minister” means the Minister of Primary Resources and Tourism, and includes the Deputy Minister of Primary Resources and Tourism;
prescribing the fees to be paid in respect of any permit or certificate granted under this Act;
prescribing the recording of trade in species listed in the
Appendix;
regulating the non-commercial loan, donation and exchange between registered scientific institutions in Brunei Darussalam and those in other countries;
prescribing the registration of scientific institutions in
Brunei Darussalam involved in such exchanges;
regulating the breeding in captivity, in the case of an animal, and the artificial propagation, in the case of a plant, of any specimen of species listed in the Appendix;
specifying requirements with respect to taking and analysis of samples of specimens where such taking and analysis is authorised for any purpose under this Act;
prescribing offences in respect of the contravention of or non-compliance with any regulations made under this Act; and prescribing fines not exceeding $100,000 in respect of any such offence;
providing for such matters as are contemplated by or necessary for giving full effect to the provisions of, or which may be prescribed under, this Act and for its due administration.
Such regulations may include such incidental, consequential and supplementary provisions as the Minister considers necessary or expedient.
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;
Minister
Defined · s 2“Minister” means the Minister of Primary Resources and Tourism, and includes the Deputy Minister of Primary Resources and Tourism;
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;