No. S 478
Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act
(CHAPTER 92A)
Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act
(Amendment of Schedule) (No. 2)
Notification 2012
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 28 of the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act, the Minister for National Development hereby makes the following Notification:
Citation and commencement
1.  This Notification may be cited as the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act (Amendment of Schedule) (No. 2) Notification 2012 and shall come into operation on 25th September 2012.
Amendment of Schedule
2.  The Appendices of the Schedule to the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act are amended —
(a)by deleting taxons I, II and III and the sub-headings and items thereunder under the heading “CLASS ELASMOBRANCHII (SHARKS)” and substituting the following taxons, sub-headings and items:
I
CARCHARHINIFORMES
A
Sphyrnidae (Hammerhead sharks)
1.
 
 
Sphyrna lewini
(Costa Rica)
II
LAMNIFORMES
A
Cetorhinidae (Basking shark)
1.
 
Cetorhinus maximus
 
B
Lamnidae (Sharks)
1.
 
Carcharodon carcharias
 
2.
 
 
Lamna nasus (Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark11, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
III
ORECTOLOBIFORMES
A
Rhincodontidae (Whale shark)
1.
 
Rhincodon typus
 
IV
PRISTIFORMES
A
Pristidae (Sawfishes)
1.
Pristidae spp.
(Except the species included in Appendix II)
 
 
2.
 
Pristis microdon
(For the exclusive purpose of allowing international trade in live animals to appropriate and acceptable aquaria for primarily conservation purposes)
 
11Excluding the dependent territory of Greenland.”;
(b)by deleting item 2 of sub-heading A in taxon IV relating to “OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES” under the heading “CLASS ACTINOPTERYGII (FISHES)” and substituting the following item:
2.
Scleropages formosus12
 
 
12Includes the taxon Scleropages inscriptus.”; and
(c)by deleting item 17 in taxon XXA relating to “EBENACEAE (Ebonies)” under the heading “FLORA (PLANTS)”.
Made this 18th day of September 2012.
BENNY LIM
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.
[ND44/1-5 V2; AG/LLRD/SL/92A/2010/1 Vol. 2]