Plain language law

New Zealand law explained for everyone

Trade in Endangered Species Act 1989

Trade in endangered, threatened, and exploited species - Authority to trade in threatened species

18: Permit to import threatened species

You could also call this:

"Getting a permit to bring a threatened species into New Zealand"

Illustration for Trade in Endangered Species Act 1989

If you want to bring a threatened species into New Zealand, you must get a special permit. You need to show this permit when you import the species, or before you do. The permit must come from the country where you are getting the species from.

You have to get a permit to export from that country, or a certificate to re-export. This permit or certificate is like a permission slip from the country where the species comes from. It is required by law, as stated in the Trade in Endangered Species Act 1989, which was amended by the Trade in Endangered Species Amendment Act 1998.

This text is automatically generated. It might be out of date or be missing some parts. Find out more about how we do this.

This page was last updated on

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM146550.

Topics:
Environment and resources > ConservationTransport and travel > Import and export
Previous

17: Permit to export threatened species, or

"Getting permission to send endangered animals or plants overseas safely"

Next

19: Certificate to re-export threatened species, or

"Getting a permit to send a threatened species to another country"

Part 1Trade in endangered, threatened, and exploited species
Authority to trade in threatened species

18Permit to import threatened species

  1. Any person who proposes to import any specimen of a threatened species must present, before or at the time of import of the specimen, a permit to export or a certificate to re-export issued by the relevant authority of the country of export or re-export.

Notes
  • Section 18: substituted, on , by section 5 of the Trade in Endangered Species Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 17).