Trade in Endangered Species Act 1989

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

22: Permit to import exploited species

You could also call this:

"Getting a permit to bring endangered animals into New Zealand"

Illustration for Trade in Endangered Species Act 1989

If you want to bring a specimen of an exploited species into New Zealand, you must get a permit to export or a certificate to re-export from the country where it is coming from. You need to show this permit or certificate before or when the specimen arrives in New Zealand. The permit or certificate must be issued by the relevant authority of the country that is exporting or re-exporting the specimen, you can find more information about this in the Trade in Endangered Species Amendment Act 1998.

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21: Permit to export exploited species, or

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

23: Certificate to re-export exploited species, or

"Getting a permit to re-export animals or plants that are in danger"

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

22Permit to import exploited species

Any person who proposes to import any specimen of an exploited 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 22: substituted, on 14 May 1998, by section 6 of the Trade in Endangered Species Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 17).