Trade in Endangered Species Act 1989

Trade in endangered, threatened, and exploited species - Permits and certificates

25: Effect of permits and certificates

You could also call this:

"What permits and certificates mean for trading endangered species"

Illustration for Trade in Endangered Species Act 1989

If you have a permit or certificate, it lets you do a certain type of trade with endangered species, but only once and only with the species listed on the permit or certificate. The Director-General can make exceptions to this rule. You can only do the type of trade that your permit or certificate says you can do.

When you get a permit or certificate under sections 13 to 24, it starts on the day you get it. Your permit or certificate lasts for six months, unless it says something different or it gets revoked or surrendered.

If you have a permit or certificate, it belongs only to you and you cannot give it to someone else or transfer it to another person, even if something happens to you.

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 It might be out of date or be missing some parts.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 18 September 2025

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM146561.

Topics:

Environment and resources > ConservationBusiness > Industry rules

24: Certificate to introduce from the sea exploited species, or

"Getting a permit to bring sea creatures into New Zealand"

26: Permit or certificate to be produced, or

"Show your permit when trading endangered species"

Part 1Trade in endangered, threatened, and exploited species
Permits and certificates

25Effect of permits and certificates

Except as the Director-General may determine, a permit or certificate shall authorise the holder to undertake on 1 occasion the type of trade to which the permit or certificate relates in only the specimen or specimens of endangered, threatened, or exploited species specified in that permit or certificate.
Every permit or certificate granted under any of sections 13 to 24 shall come into force on the date on which it was granted.
Notwithstanding subsection (2), every permit or certificate shall remain in force for a period of 6 months, or such lesser period as may be specified, unless it is sooner revoked or surrendered.
A permit or certificate shall be personal to the holder, and shall not be transferable to or vest by operation of law in any person other than the holder.