Wild Animals (Turtles) Protection Regulations

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 2003 ED] WILD ANIMALS AND BIRD PROTECTION ACT [CAP 247 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───────────────────── 12 turtle which from time to time may be found in the territorial waters of Seychelles. Turtles 3. A turtle shall be a protected animal throughout Seychelles. protected. Prohibitions 4.(1) No person shall disturb, catch, injure, fish for, kill, sell, relating to purchase, receive or possess any turtle. turtles and turtle eggs. (2) No person shall possess, disturb, sell, purchase, receive, take, remove or cause to be taken or removed any turtle egg either while it is being laid, or after it has been laid, by a female turtle. Prohibitions 5.(1) Subject to regulation 6, no person shall possess, sell, relating to expose for sale, purchase or receive any raw, worked or treated turtle shell, shell of a turtle. furnished product and (2) No person shall sell, expose for sale, purchase or receive any meat. product derived from any shell of a turtle. (3) No person shall possess, sell, expose for sale, purchase or receive any meat or any part of the flesh or calipee of a turtle. Possession of 6.(1) Any person who, on the commencement of these turtle shell by Regulations, is in possession of any raw, worked or treated shell permit holder. of a turtle shall, within 90 days after the commencement of these Regulations, furnish the particulars of such shell to the Department of Environment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Planning and Environment or to any authority designated by the Minister in such form as may be provided by the Department or authority. 2003 ED] WILD ANIMALS AND BIRD PROTECTION ACT [CAP 247 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───────────────────── 13 (2) The Department of Environment or the authority shall record in a register to be kept by the Department or authority (a) the name of each person who has furnished the particulars under subregulation (1); (b) the particulars so provided; and issue a permit to each such person to possess the shell. (3) Where the holder of a permit issued under subregulation (2) dies, any person who obtains possession of the turtle shell referred to in the permit by right of succession shall, within 90 days thereafter, surrender the permit of the deceased and furnish the particulars of such shell in the manner provided in subregula- tion (1) to the Department or authority referred to in that subregulation and the Department or authority shall record the name of the person in the register kept under that subregulation, cancel the permit issued to the deceased and issue the person a permit to possess the shell. (4) A holder of a permit issued under subregulation (2) or subregulation (3), may, notwithstanding regulation 5, possess the turtle shell referred to in the permit. Prohibition 7. No person shall export or import a turtle shell or any product on import or of a turtle shell. export. Offences. 8. Any person who contravenes regulation 4 or regulation 5 or regulation 7 is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to the penalties provided under section 3 of the Act. Institution of 9. A prosecution for an offence under these Regulations may be 2003 ED] WILD ANIMALS AND BIRD PROTECTION ACT [CAP 247 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───────────────────── 14 proceedings. instituted by the Attorney-General, a police officer or any person authorised by the Minister. Scientific 10. The Minister may grant permission to any person for research for carrying out in Seychelles scientific research on or monitoring monitoring of of turtles and any person who pursuant to such permission does turtles. any act prohibited by these Regulations shall not be deemed to contravene these Regulations. S.I. 1 of 2003 Wild Animals (Whales Shark) Protection Regulation (3rd February 2003) Citation 1.(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Wild Animals (Whales Shark) Protection) Regulations. Declaration of 2. The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is declared to be protected throughout Seychelles at all times. Killing or taking 3. No person shall kill or take a whale shark. whale shark prohibited Saving 4. Nothing in the preceding regulations shall be construed as preventing otherwise legitimate fishing activities or authorized scientific research.