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Trade in Endangered Species Act 1989

Miscellaneous provisions

54: Regulations

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The Governor-General can make regulations for several purposes, including setting fees for permits and certificates, recording trade in endangered species, and regulating the loan and exchange of species between scientists. You can find more information about what these regulations can cover. The Governor-General can also make regulations about breeding endangered species in captivity and taking samples of specimens. Regulations can also prescribe offences and fines, and infringement offences with penalties of up to $1,000, and can be found in the Legislation Act 2019. The regulations are used to help administer the Act and give effect to its provisions.

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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions

54Regulations

  1. The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:

  2. prescribing the fees to be paid in respect of any permit or certificate granted under this Act:
    1. prescribing the recording of trade in endangered, threatened, or exploited species:
      1. regulating the non-commercial loan, donation, and exchange between scientists and scientific institutions in New Zealand and those in other countries:
        1. prescribing the registration of scientists and scientific institutions in New Zealand involved in such exchanges:
          1. regulating the breeding in captivity, in the case of an animal, and the artificial propagation, in the case of a plant, of any specimen of endangered, threatened, or exploited species:
            1. specifying requirements with respect to taking and analysis of samples of specimens where such taking and analysis is authorised for any purpose under this Act:
              1. prescribing offences in respect of the contravention of, or non-compliance with, any regulations made under this Act; and prescribing fines not exceeding $2,000 in respect of any such offence:
                1. prescribing infringement offences for the contravention of regulations made under this Act:
                  1. specifying that an infringement offence is a border infringement offence (either always, or only if committed in certain places or circumstances):
                    1. prescribing penalties for infringement offences, which,—
                      1. in the case of infringement fees, must not be more than $1,000; and
                        1. in the case of maximum fines, must not be more than twice the amount of the infringement fee for the offence; and
                          1. may be prescribed at different levels for the same offence based on whether the offence relates to endangered, threatened, or exploited species; and
                          2. prescribing information to be included in infringement notices and reminder notices, including any additional particulars required in an infringement notice for a border infringement offence:
                            1. providing for such matters as are contemplated by or necessary for giving full effect to the provisions of this Act and for its due administration.

                              1. Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

                              Notes
                              • Section 54(1)(ea): inserted, on , by section 13 of the Trade in Endangered Species Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 17).
                              • Section 54(1)(f): substituted, on , by section 12 of the Trade in Endangered Species Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 100).
                              • Section 54(1)(fa): inserted, on , by section 53 of the Conservation (Infringement System) Act 2018 (2018 No 61).
                              • Section 54(1)(fb): inserted, on , by section 53 of the Conservation (Infringement System) Act 2018 (2018 No 61).
                              • Section 54(1)(fc): inserted, on , by section 53 of the Conservation (Infringement System) Act 2018 (2018 No 61).
                              • Section 54(1)(fd): inserted, on , by section 53 of the Conservation (Infringement System) Act 2018 (2018 No 61).
                              • Section 54(2): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).