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This enactment provides additional controls on international trade in
wildlife.
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It supplements the requirements for import and export permits to
ensure that the exporting and importing country permits the trade and
has authorized the particular shipment.
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It adds protection for wildlife in transit and ensures that proper care
is available during shipment and on arrival.
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It requires full records to be maintained respecting trades and
shipments. It requires the maintenance of publicly accessible statistical
information by government, which is to be tabled in Parliament
annually and transmitted to CITES.
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It requires the Minister to establish a process for the mandatory
marking of pre-Convention specimens of imported species, according
to standards established by CITES. It makes it an offence to alter,
deface, erase or forge a mark.
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It requires the Minister to establish a Management Authority and a
Scientific Authority to carry out the administrative and scientific
aspects of the control of international wildlife trade. Although there are
branches of the Department of the Environment that presently carry out
similar functions, this enactment will make their existence a statutory
requirement and codify their duties and powers.
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The establishment of the Authorities will not require additional
funding, as the initial officials and staff will be those that already carry
out similar functions.
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It requires applicants for permits to maintain and make available to
the Minister full records of all their trading activities.
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