Endangered Species (Import and Export) (Artificially Propagated Plant — Exemption) Order 2022

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as at 28 Apr 2024

No. S 857

Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 2006

Endangered Species (Import and Export)
(Artificially Propagated Plant — Exemption)
Order 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 26(1) of the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 2006, the Minister for National Development makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Endangered Species (Import and Export) (Artificially Propagated Plant — Exemption) Order 2022 and comes into operation on 1 November 2022.

Exemption from section 4(1)(a) of Act

2. Section 4(1)(a) of the Act does not apply to the importation of any artificially propagated plant listed in Appendices II and III of the Schedule to the Act if, before its importation, the Director‑General or an authorised officer is presented with —

(a)

a valid CITES permit or certificate, or any other similar document, issued by the competent authority of the country of export or re‑export for the export or re‑export of the artificially propagated plant (as the case may be) that contains the prescribed information set out in the Endangered Species (Import and Export) (Prescribed Information for Section 5(1)) Rules 2022 (G.N. No. S 856/2022) as being applicable to that document; or

(b)

a phytosanitary certificate used as a certificate of artificial propagation for the artificially propagated plant, issued by the competent authority of the country of export or re‑export for the export or re‑export of the artificially propagated plant, as the case may be, and —

(i)

the country of export or re‑export of the artificially propagated plant (as the case may be) is a Party to CITES;

(ii)

the competent authority has —

(A)	informed the CITES Secretariat that the Party is using the certificate as a certificate of artificial propagation; and
(B)	provided the CITES Secretariat with a copy of the certificate and any stamp or seal that is used; and

(iii)

the certificate contains all of the following details:

(A)	the scientific name of the species of the plant;
(B)	the type and quantity of the plant;
(C)	a stamp or seal, or its electronic equivalent, or any other specific indication, stating that the plant is artificially propagated.

Revocation

3. The Endangered Species (Import and Export) (Exemption from Section 4(1)) Order (O 1) is revoked.

Made on 28 October 2022.

OW FOONG PHENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.

[ND 202/01-069; AG/LEGIS/SL/92A/2020/9 Vol. 1]

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