What Canada Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (WAPPRIITA): CITES Implementation, Permits and Trade Prohibitions requires
The Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (WAPPRIITA, S.C. 1992, c. 52) is Canada's statute implementing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and regulating cross-border and interprovincial trade in wild animals and plants, administered by Environment and Climate Change Canada. Section 4 sets the purpose: to protect certain species of animals and plants, particularly by implementing the Convention and by regulating international and interprovincial trade. Section 6 imposes the core import and export prohibitions, providing that no person shall import into Canada or export from Canada any animal or plant, or any part or derivative, except under and in accordance with a permit, and prohibits import of specimens taken in contravention of the law of a foreign state. Section 7 prohibits interprovincial transport of an animal or plant taken or possessed in contravention of a provincial Act without provincial authorization. Section 8 prohibits knowingly possessing a specimen that was illegally imported or that is intended to be transported in contravention of the Act. Section 10 empowers the Minister to issue permits for importation, exportation or interprovincial transportation. Enforcement is provided through officers designated under section 12 (who, under subsection 12(2), have all the powers of a peace officer), inspection, search and seizure powers under section 14, and the offence and punishment provisions in section 22, which expose offenders to fines and imprisonment. The Act is the legal instrument by which Canada meets its CITES obligations and controls the wildlife trade across its international and provincial borders.
Pillar: Water & Environmental Resources · Authority: Parliament of Canada / Environment and Climate Change Canada · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/W-8.5/FullText.html
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- Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act, S.C. 1992, c. 52, section 4 - purpose: implementing CITES and regulating trade.
- WAPPRIITA, section 6 - prohibition on importing into or exporting from Canada any animal or plant except under and in accordance with a permit.
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