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Trade in Endangered Species Act 1989

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

21: Permit to export exploited species

You could also call this:

"Getting a permit to send endangered animals or plants overseas from New Zealand"

Illustration for Trade in Endangered Species Act 1989

If you want to export a specimen of an exploited species, the Director-General may give you a permit. The Director-General will talk to other authorities and experts first. They must be satisfied that you did not get the specimen by breaking any laws. They must also be satisfied that the specimen will be prepared and shipped safely to minimise the risk of injury, adverse effects on its health, or cruel treatment.

The Governor-General can make a special order to include certain exploited species in a list. This happens when the New Zealand Government asks for these species to be included in Appendix III of the Convention. You can find more information about secondary legislation, such as these orders, in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

If the first rule does not apply to the species you want to export, the Director-General may give you a certificate of origin after talking to the authorities and experts.

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

21Permit to export exploited species

  1. Where an application relates to any exploited species specified in any Order in Council made pursuant to subsection (2), the Director-General may, after consultation with the appropriate other management authorities and scientific authorities, grant a permit to export any specimen of that exploited species to the applicant, if those authorities are satisfied that—

  2. that specimen was not obtained in contravention of any Act; and
    1. that specimen is to be prepared and shipped so that the risk of—is minimised.
      1. injury to the specimen; and
        1. adverse effect on the health of the specimen; and
          1. in the case of an animal, cruel treatment of the specimen—

          2. The Governor-General may, from time to time, by Order in Council, specify any exploited species that have been included in Appendix III of the Convention at the request of the New Zealand Government.

          3. In the case of any exploited species to which subsection (1) does not apply, the Director-General may, after consultation with the appropriate management and scientific authorities, grant a certificate of origin in respect of any specimen of that exploited species to an applicant.

          4. An order under subsection (2) is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

          Notes
          • Section 21(4): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).