Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2952 of 2007)

S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2007 No. 2952 WILDLIFE The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 Made - - - - 10th October 2007 Laid before Parliament 12th October 2007 Coming into force - - 10th November 2007 The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(a), being the Minister designated(b) for the purposes of that subsection in relation to the regulation and control, in the interests of conservation, of the import, export, landing, keeping, transportation and commercial display of, and trade in and disposal of, fauna and flora (including their parts and derivatives) and in relation to anything supplemental or incidental to those matters, makes the following Regulations. Title and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and come into force on 10th November 2007. Amendment to the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997 2.—(1) The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997(c) are amended in accordance with this regulation. (2) In regulation 2(1) for the definition of “Subsidiary Regulation” substitute— ““Subsidiary Regulation” means Commission Regulation No. 865/2006 laying down detailed rules concerning the implementation of Council Regulation No. 338/97”. (3) In regulation 2(2)(d), for “Article 18” substitute “Article 17, 30 or 37”. (4) In regulation 2(2)(f) for “Article 43” substitute “Article 72”. Joan Ruddock Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 10th October 2007 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (a) 1972 c.68. (b) S. I. 1985/956. (c) S. I. 1997/1372 to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997 by replacing the reference to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 939/97 with a reference to the current Commission Regulation (Commission Regulation (EC) No. 865/2006, OJ No. L166, 19.6.2006, p. 1) and making consequential changes to references to Article numbers of that Regulation. A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. £3.00 Crown copyright 2007 Printed and published in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited under the authority and superintendence of Carol Tullo, Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and Queen’s Printer of Acts of Parliament. E1450 10/2007 171450T 19585