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enact your own or whether no new legislation would

be necessary.

We shall let you have a draft of the

Bill as soon as possible.

7. With reference to the need for legislation and

more particularly

f'administrative authorities to

implement the Convention, you will note that each

party

contracting territory is required to designate one

or more Management Authorities and Scientific

Authorities to undertake the regulatory and

advisory duties spelled out in the Convention.

The Department of the Environment is likely to be designated the principal Management Authority

for the United Kingdom Great Britain and Northern

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Ireland and will liaise with the IUCN which on

behalf of the United Nations Environment Brogramme

will act as an International Secretariat for the

Convention.

A Government Department will also be

responsible for the issue of import/export licences

which is a Management Authority function.

8. We are of the opinion that, in view of the nature

of the functions which the Management Authorities

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are required to carry out (described in the

Convention text) it will be necessary for each

Dependant Territory to designate their own Management

Authority for administratix administring local

trade in endangered species. The UK Management

Authority, or Authorities, will, however, fulfil

an advisory and information role in order to aid

the Management Authority in each territory and to

keep track of developments. Entrepôt activities

will not require control by Management Authorities

under this agreement. We envisage that the principl

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