Wild Fauna and Flora Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Trade in Species
8. Application for permit or certificate
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any person who proposes to trade in any specimen of any species listed in the Appendix shall apply in writing to the Director for the appropriate permit or certificate that, if granted, would authorise that trade.
Every application shall state the —
full name and address of the applicant;
type of trade to which the application relates;
species and the number of specimens of that species to be traded;
country to or from which they are to be conveyed.
Except as the Director may otherwise determine, a separate application shall be required for each consignment of specimens of any such species.
Director
“Director” means the Director of the Department of Agriculture and Agrifood, and includes the Deputy Director of Agriculture and Agrifood;
No person shall make an application under this section to trade in any specimen of any such species where trade in that specimen is subject to controls under any other written law, unless authorisation in respect of such trade has first been obtained under that written law.
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;
Every applicant for a permit or certificate shall furnish to the
Director, in addition to the particulars required under subsection (2), such further information as the Director may require.
Without limiting the generality of subsection (5), every applicant to whom that subsection applies shall include, with every application for the export or re-export of a specimen in respect of which application the Director
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;
Wild Fauna and Flora has required any analysis to be carried out pursuant to section 46, the results of such analysis.
Every applicant for a permit or certificate shall pay the prescribed fee.
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;
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;