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MEMORANDUM FOR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Animals and Plants (Protectip of Endangered Species) Ordinance
(Chapter 187)
Chapter
ANIMALS AND PLANTS (PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989
THE PROBLEM
The Animals and
Plant s
(Protection of Endangered schedules are designed to protect
Species) Ordinance and its endangered species of animals and plants from extinction.
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Experience in the
operation of the Ordinance has
Amendment s are required for more the maximum fines need to be
revealed some deficiencies. efficient enforcement, and increased to provide the necessary deterrent.
A
RECOMMENDATION AND ADVICE SOUGHT
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It is recommended that the Animals and Plant s (Protection of Endangered Species) (Amendment) Bill 1989 (the Bill), as set out at Annex A, should be int roduced into the Legislative Council.
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Members will be asked to advise whether this recommendation should be approved.
BACKGROUND AND ARGUMENT
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The Animals and Plant s
(Protection of Endangered Species) Ordinance (the Ordinance) and it s schedules were enacted in 1976, giving effect to the 1973 Convent ion on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), to which Hong Kong is a party through ratification by the United Kingdom. The Ordinance regulates the import,
import, export and possession of endangered species, and provides powers for enforcement and penalties.
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