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A
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Bill
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To
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Increase
the
penalties
for
offences
under
the
Endangered
Species
(Import
and
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Export)
Act
1976.
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Be
it
enacted
by
the
Queen’s
most
Excellent
Majesty,
by
and
with
the
advice
and
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consent
of
the
Lords
Spiritual
and
Temporal,
and
Commons,
in
this
present
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Parliament
assembled,
and
by
the
authority
of
the
same,
as
follows:—
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1 Increased
penalties
for
trading
in
endangered
species
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In
subsection
(5)
(b)
of
section
4
(offence
to
sell
etc.
things
imported
contrary
to
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section
1
or
their
derivatives)
of
the
Endangered
Species
(Import
and
Export)
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Act
1976
(c.
46),
for
“two”
there
is
substituted
“five”.
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2 Short
title
and
extent
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(1) This
Act
may
be
cited
as
the
Endangered
Species
(Illegal
Trade)
Act
2002.
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(2) This
Act
extends
to
Northern
Ireland.
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