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MONTSERRAT
CHAPTER 12.01
ENDANGERED ANIMALS AND PLANTS ACT
Revised Edition
showing the law as at 1 January 2013
This is a revised edition of the law, prepared by the Law Revision Commissioner under
the authority of the Revised Edition of the Laws Act.
This edition contains a consolidation of the following laws—
Page
ENDANGERED ANIMALS AND PLANTS ACT 3
Act 10 of 1976 .. in force 7 April 1982 (S.R.O. 17/1982)
Amended by S.R.O. 19/1982 .. in force 7 April 1982
Amended by Act 9 of 2011 .. in force 27 September 2011 (S.R.O. 40/2011)
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MONTSERRAT
CHAPTER 12.01
ENDANGERED ANIMALS AND PLANTS ACT
Revised Edition
showing the law as at 1 January 2013
This is a revised edition of the law, prepared by the Law Revision Commissioner under
the authority of the Revised Edition of the Laws Act.
This edition contains a consolidation of the following laws—
Page
ENDANGERED ANIMALS AND PLANTS ACT 3
Act 10 of 1976 .. in force 7 April 1982 (S.R.O. 17/1982)
Amended by S.R.O. 19/1982 .. in force 7 April 1982
Amended by Act 9 of 2011 .. in force 27 September 2011 (S.R.O. 40/2011)
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CHAPTER 12.01
ENDANGERED ANIMALS AND PLANTS ACT
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION
1. Short title
2. Restriction of importation and exportation of certain animals and plants
3. Power to modify Schedules 1 to 3
4. Restriction of movement of certain live animals after importation
5. Advisory bodies
6. Offences by Corporations
Schedule 1: Animals the Importation and Exportation of which are
Restricted
Schedule 2: Plants the Importation and Exportation of which are
Restricted
Schedule 3: Articles the Importation and Exportation of which are
Restricted
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CHAPTER 12.01
ENDANGERED ANIMALS AND PLANTS ACT
(Acts 10 of 1976, S.R.O.’s 17/1982, 19/1982 and Act 9 of 2011)
AN ACT TO RESTRICT THE IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION OF CERTAIN
ANIMALS, PLANTS AND ARTICLES; TO RESTRICT THE MOVEMENT AFTER
IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN LIVE ANIMALS; AND FOR CONNECTED PURPOSES.
Commencement
[7 April 1982]
Short title
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Endangered Animals and Plants Act.
(2) Except in so far as the context otherwise requires a reference in this Act to any other enactment is a reference to that enactment as amended by or under any other enactment.
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Restriction of importation and exportation of certain animals and
plants
2. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the importation and the exportation of the following things are hereby prohibited, namely—
(a) a live or dead animal of any of the kinds for the time being specified in the second column of Schedule 1 ;
(b) a live or dead plant of any of the kinds for the time being specified in the second column of Schedule 2;
(c) an article for the time being specified in Schedule 3 .
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the importation or exportation of anything therein referred to under and in accordance with the terms of a licence issued by the Governor acting on the advice of Cabinet.
(Amended by Act 9 of 2011)
(3) A licence issued under subsection (2), may be to any degree, general or specific, may be expressed to be valid for such period as may be stated in the licence and may be modified or revoked at any time by the Governor acting on the advice of Cabinet.
(Amended by Act 9 of 2011)
(4) A person who, for the purpose of obtaining, whether for himself or another, the issue of a licence under section 2 (2)—
(a) makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular;
(b) furnishes a document or information which he knows to be false in a material particular; or
(c) recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $500 or to imprisonment for a term of six months.
(5) Where a live or dead animal or plant of any of the families for the time being specified in the first column of Schedule 1 or 2 or an article for the time being specified in Schedule 3 is being imported or exported or has been imported, or brought to any place for the purpose of being exported, a person appointed by the Governor acting on the advice of Cabinet as an Inspector under the Animals (Disease and Importation) Act, or any rules made thereunder or a person authorised in that behalf, may require any person possessing or having control of the animal, plant or article to furnish proof that its importation or exportation is or was not unlawful by virtue of this section; and if such proof is not furnished to the satisfaction of the said Inspector the animal, plant or article shall be liable to forfeiture under the Animal (Disease and Importation) Act.
(Amended by Act 9 of 2011)
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Power to modify Schedules 1 to 3
3. (1) The Governor acting on the advice of Cabinet may by order make such modifications in any of Schedules 1 to 3 as he considers necessary for any of the following purposes, namely—
(a) to reflect any amendment made under Article XV of the Convention on International Trade in endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora 1973 (which relates to amendments about the kinds of animals and plants in respect of which trade is restricted under the Convention);
(b) to reflect the inclusion of an item or the withdrawal of an item from Appendix III to the Convention (which relates to kinds of animals and plants the trade in which a party identifies as needing international control) at the instance of a party other than the United Kingdom;
(c) to reflect the inclusion of an item in or the withdrawal of an item from the said Appendix at the instance of the United Kingdom;
(d) where the Governor acting on the advice of Cabinet decides, after consultation with any body or bodies established under section 4, that the importation and exportation of any animal or plant of a particular kind or of any article derived from any animal or plant should be (or should no longer be) restricted, to give effect to that decision.
(2) The power to make an order under subsection (1) shall be exercisable statutory instrument and includes power to vary or revoke a previous order made thereunder; and a statutory instrument containing an order by virtue of paragraph (c) or (d) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Legislative Assembly.
(Amended by Act 9 of 2011)
Restriction of movement of certain live animals after importation
4. (1) Where a licence is issued under section 2 in respect of the importation of a live animal of any of the kinds for the time being specified in column 3 of Schedule 1 and the Governor acting on the advice of Cabinet considers that it is desirable to prevent the commercial exploitation of that kind, he may issue with the licence a document stating that the animal shall as soon as is reasonably practicable after its importation be taken to and subsequently kept at a place specified in the document until such time as he may, on an application made by or on behalf of the person to whom the animal for the time being belongs, give permission for it to move from that place. (Amended by Act 9 of 2011)
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(2) Where a document has been issued under subsection (1) any person who being the person to whom the animal concerned for the time being belongs—
(a) takes it, or knowingly permits it to be taken, after it has been imported, to a place other than that specified in the document and other than one connected with the importation; or
(b) moves it or knowingly permits it to be moved from the place so specified in the absence of such permission as is mentioned in subsection (1);
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of $500.
(3) Proceedings for an offence under subsection (2) may be commenced at any time within a period of six months from the date on which there comes to the knowledge of the Inspector evidence sufficient in his opinion to justify a prosecution for that offence; and for the purposes of this subsection—
(a) a certificate of the Inspector stating that such evidence came to his knowledge on a specified date shall be conclusive evidence of that fact; and
(b) a document purporting to be such a certificate and to be signed by the Inspector or on his behalf shall be presumed to be such a certificate unless the contrary is proved.
Advisory bodies
5. The Governor acting on the advice of Cabinet may establish such body or bodies, consisting in each case of such members as he may from time to time appoint, and it shall be the duty of any body established under this section to advise the Governor acting on the advice of Cabinet on any question which he may refer to it, and on any question on which it considers it should offer its advice, in connection with the administration of this Act or otherwise in connection with the importation and exportation of animals and plants of kinds which appear to him or, as the case may be, the body to be endangered and articles derived wholly or partly from them.
(Amended by Act 9 of 2011)
Offences by corporations
6. (1) Where an offence under this Act has been committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
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(2) In this section “director”, in relation to a body corporate established by or under any enactment for the purpose of carrying on under public ownership any industry or undertaking, being a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of that body corporate.
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SCHEDULE 1
(Sections 1 and 2)
ANIMALS THE IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION OF WHICH ARE RESTRICTED
Family Kind
MAMMALIA
Marsupialia
Macropodidae Bettongia Lesueur
Bettongia penicillata
Bettongia tropica
Caloprymnus campestris
Dendrolagus inustus
Dendrolagus ursinus
Lagorchestes hirsutus
Lagostrophus fasciatus
Macropus parma
Onychogalea frenata
Onychogalea lunata
Phalangeridae Wyulda squamicaudata
Burramyidae Burramys parvus
Vombatidae Lasiorhinus gillespiei
Peramclidae Chaeropus ecaudatus
Macrotis lagotis
Macrotis leucura
Perameles bougainville
Dasyuridae Antechinomys laniger
Myrmecobius fasciatus rufus
Planigale subtilissima
Planigale tenuirostris
Sminthopsis longicaudata
Sminthopsis psammophia
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Thylacindae Thylacinus cynocephalus
Insectivora
Erinaccidae Erinaceus frontalis
Primates
Lemuridae Allocebus
Cheriogaleus
Hapalemur
Lemur
Lepilemur
Mirocebus
Phaner
Lorisidae Loris tardigradus
Nycticebus coucang
Indriidae Avahi
Indri
Propithecus
Daubentoniidae Daubentonia madagascariensis
Callithricidae Callimico goeldii
Leontopithecus ( = Leontideus)
Cebidae Alouatta villosa palliata
Ateles geoffroyi frontatus
Ateles geoffroyi panamensis
Brachyteles arachnoides
Cacajao
Cebus capucinus
Chiropotes albinasus
Saimiri oerstedii
Ceropithecidae Cercocebus galeritus galeritus
Colobus badius gordonorum
Colobus badius kirkii
Colobus badius rufomitratus
Colobus verus
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Macaca silenus
Macaca sylvanus
Nasalis Iavatus
Presbytis entellus
Presybtis geei
Presbytis johnii
Presbytis pilentus
Presbytis
Pygathrix nemaeus
Rhinopithecus roxellanae
Simias concolor
Hylobatidae Hylobates
Symphalangus syndactylus
Pongidae Gorilla gorilla
Pan paniscus
Pan troglodytes
Pongo pygmacus abelii
Pongo pygmacus pygamaeus
Edentata
Dasypodidae Priodontes giganteus ( = Priodontes
maximus)
Myrmecophagidae Myrmecophaga tridatyla
Tamandua tetradavyla chapadensis
Bradypodidae Bradypus boliviensis
Pholidota
Manidae Manis crassicaudata
Manis javanica
Manis pentadactyla
Manis temmincki
Lagomorpha
Leporidae Caprolagus hispidus
Nesolagus netscheri
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Romerolagus diazi
Rodentia
Heteromyidae Dipodomys phillipsii phillipsii
Sciuridae Cynomys mexicanus
Lariscus hosei
Ratufa
Castoridae Castor canadensis frondator
Castor canadensis repentinus
Castor canadensis mexicanus
Castor fiber birulaia
Cricetidae Ondatra zibethicus bernardi
Muridae Leporillus conditor
Notomys aquilo
Pseudomys fieldi
Pseudomys fumeus
Pseudomys novachollandiae
Pseudomys oocidentalis
Pseudomys pracconis
Pseudomys shortridgei
Xeromys myoides
Zyzomys pedunculatus
Chinchillidae Chinchilla brevicaudata bolioiana
Cetacea
Plantanistidae Plantanista gangetica
Eschrichtidae Eschrichius robustus ( = Eschrichus
gibbosus = Eschrichtius glanous)
Balaenopteridae Balanoptera musculus
Megaptera novaeangliae
Balaenidae Balaena mysticerus
Eubalaena
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Carnovora
Canidae Canis lupus orassodon
Canis lupus irrmotus
Canis lupus monstrabilis
Canis lupus pallipes
Chrysocyon bracnyurus
Cuon alpinus
Vulpes velox heves
Ursidae Helaretos malayanus
Ursus americanus emmonsii
Ursus arctos
Ursus (Thalaretos) maritimus
Procyondiae Ailurus fulgens
Mustelidae Aonyx microdon
Enhydra luris nereis
Lutra felina
Lutra longicaudis ( = Lutra annectens =
Lutra plantensis
Lutra provocax
Martes americana atrata
Mustela nigripes
Pterenura brasiliensis
Viverridae Cynogale bennetti
Helogale derbianus
Priomodon linsang
Prionedon padicolor
Hyaenidae Hyaena brunnea
Felidae Acinonyx jubatus
Felis benalensis bengalensis
Felis caracal ( = Caracal caracal)
Felis colocolo budini
Felis colocolo crespoi
Felis colocolo pajeros
Felis concolor asteen
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Felis concolor coryi
Felis concolor costaricensis
Felis concolor cougar
Felis concolor mayensis
Felis concolor missoulensis
Felis jacobita
Felis lynx isabellina
Felis rufa escuinapae ( = lynx rufa
escuinapae)
Felis marimorata
Felis nigripes
Felis pardalis
Felis planiceps
Felis serval
Felis temmincki
Felis wiedii
Felis tigrina
Felis yagouroundi
Neofelis nebulosa
Panthera leo persica
Panthera onoa
Panthera pardus
Panthera tigris
Panthera uncia
Pinnipedia
Otoriidae Arctocephalus australis
Arctocephalus galapagoensis
Arctocephalus philippi
Arctocephalus townsendi
Phocidae Mirounga angustirostris
Mirounga australis
Mirounga leonina
Monachus spp.
Tubulidentota
Orycteropidae Orycteropus afer
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Proboscidea
Elephantidae Elephas maximus
Sirenia
Dugongidae Dugong dugon
Trichechidae Trichechus inunguis
Trichechus munatus
Trichechus senegalensis
Perissodactyla
Equidae Equus hemionus
Equus przewalskii
Equus zebra zebra
Tapiridae Tapirus bairdii
Tapirus indicus
Tapirus pinchaque
Tap terrestris
Rhinocerotidae Ceratotherium sinum cottoni
Diceros bicarnis
Didermocerus sumatrensis
Rhinoceros sondaious
Rhinoceros unicornis
Artiodactyla
Suidae Babyrousa babyrussa
Sus salvanius
Hippopotamidae Choeropus liberiensis
Camelidae Camelus bactrianus
Vicugna vicugna
Cervidae Axis calamianonsis
Axis kuhlii
Axis poroinus annamiticus
Blastoceros dichotomus
Cervus duvauceli
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Cervus elaphus bactrianus
Cervus elaphus hangia
Cervus eldi
Hippocamelus antisiensis
Hippocamelus bisulcus
Mosechus moschiferus moschiferus
Ozotoceros bezearticus
Pudu mephistophiles
Pudu pudu
Antilocapridae Antilocapra americana mexicana
Antilocapra americana peninsularis
Antilocapra americana sonoriensis
Bovidae Addax nasomaculatus
Bison bison athabascas
Bos gaurus
Bos mutus ( = Bos grunniens)
Bubalus depressicornis ( = Anoa
depressicornis)
Bubalus mindorensis ( = Anoa mindorensis)
Pubalus quarlesi ( = Anoa depressicornis
quarlesi)
Capra falconeri
Capricornis sumatraensis
Cephalophus monticola
Danaliscus dorcas dorcas
Hippotragus niger variani
Kobus leche
Nemorhaedus goral
Oryx damah ( = Oryx tao)
Oryx leucoryx
Novibos (Bos) sauveli
Ovis ammon
Ovis orientalis ophion
Ovis vignei
Pantholops hodgsoni
Rupicapra rupicapra ornata
Saiga tatarica mongolica
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