Regulation 1
Citation and commencement
This Order is the Endangered Species (Import and Export) (Artificially Propagated Plant — Exemption) Order 2022 and comes into operation on 1 November 2022.
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Endangered Species (Import and Export) (Artificially Propagated Plant — Exemption) Order 2022 is Singapore Subsidiary Legislation, cited as Subsidiary Legislation ESIEA-S857-2022 2006, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2006.
Citation and commencement
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
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 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
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 —
the country of export or re‑export of the artificially propagated plant (as the case may be) is a Party to CITES;
the competent authority has —
informed the CITES Secretariat that the Party is using the certificate as a certificate of artificial propagation; and
provided the CITES Secretariat with a copy of the certificate and any stamp or seal that is used; and
the certificate contains all of the following details:
the scientific name of the species of the plant;
the type and quantity of the plant;
a stamp or seal, or its electronic equivalent, or any other specific indication, stating that the plant is artificially propagated.
Revocation
The Endangered Species (Import and Export) (Exemption from Section 4(1)) Order (O 1) is revoked.
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