Wild Animals (Giant Land Tortoises) Protection Regulations (Cap. 247)

2003 ED] WILD ANIMALS AND BIRD PROTECTION ACT [CAP 247 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───────────────────── 9 Seychelles Pond Turtle prohibited. Offences and 5 Any person who contravenes regulation 3 or regulation 4 penalties. shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to the penalties provided under section 3 of the Act. THE WILD ANIMALS (GIANT LAND TORTOISES) PROTECTION REGULATIONS S.I. 59 of 1974. S.I. 39 of 1999. [24th June, 1974] S.I. 40 of 2000 ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS REGULATIONS 1. Citation. 2. Giant Land tortoise declared protected. 3. Taking and killing Giant Land Tortoise prohibited. 4. Purchase or selling of preserved or stuffed Giant Land Tortoises prohibited. 5. Restriction on export of giant land tortoise. 6. Export of an adult Giant Land Tortoise as donation. 7. Application for registration. 8. Export of Giant Land Tortoise by tortoise breeders. 9. Export permits. Citation. 1 These regulations may be cited as the Wild Animals (Giant Land Tortoises) Protection Regulations. Giant Land 2 The Giant Land Tortoises (Geochelone gigantea) is 2003 ED] WILD ANIMALS AND BIRD PROTECTION ACT [CAP 247 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───────────────────── 10 tortoise hereby declared to be protected throughout Seychelles. declared protected. Taking and 3 No person shall take or kill any Giant Land Tortoise. killing Giant Land Tortoise prohibited. Purchase or 4 No person shall purchase, sell or exhibit for sale, or selling of export any preserved or stuffed Giant Land Tortoise. preserved or stuffed Giant Land Tortoises prohibited. Restriction on 5. No person except a tortoise breeder registered under export of giant regulation 7 shall export a Giant Land Tortoise. Land tortoise. Export of an 6. Notwithstanding regulation 5, the Minister may export on adult Giant behalf of the Government of Seychelles a maximum of 15 Land Tortoise adult Giant Land Tortoise each year to any person or institu as donation. tion as a gift or for scientific purposes. Application 7.(1) An application for registration as a tortoise breeder for registration authorised to export Giant Land Tortoises shall be made to the Ministry of Environment. (2) The Minister may direct an applicant for registration to furnish such particulars as it may consider necessary and the applicant shall comply with such direction. (3) Upon receipt of an application under regulation 7(1), the Ministry of Environment may issue or refuse to issue a 2003 ED] WILD ANIMALS AND BIRD PROTECTION ACT [CAP 247 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───────────────────── 11 permit. Export of Giant 8. A registered tortoise breeder shall export only verifiably Land Tortoise captive bred juvenile tortoises after having obtained an export by tortoise permit under regulation 9. breeder. Export 9.(1) An application for an export permit shall be made to the permit. Ministry of Environment in respect of Giant Land Tortoises to be exported. (2) An application for an export permit shall be accompanied by a fee of SR100/- in respect of each Giant Land Tortoise to be exported. S.I. 46 of 1994 Wild Animals (Turtles) Protection Regulation (11th July, 1994) Citation and 1.(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Wild Animals Commencement (Turtles) Protection) Regulations. (2) These Regulations, other than regulation 5(2), shall come into force on the date of publication of these Regulations in the Gazette. Interpretation 2. In these Regulations "calipee" includes the gelatinous membranes which connect the carapace to the plastron of a turtle; "shell" includes the carapace, plastron or any part of a shell; "turtle" includes the green turtle (Chelonia mydas), hawksbil turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) and any other