The Seal Products Regulations 2010

UK Statutory Instrument 2010 No. 2068 — creates 1 criminal offence.

Made

15 August 2010

In force from

20 August 2010

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Dogs, animals, hunting and wildlife

Made under

(EC) No 1007/2009, European Communities Act 1972, Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations implement Regulation (EC) No. 1007/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on trade in seal products of 16 September 2009 as amended from time to time (“the EU Regulation”). In accordance with the EU Regulation Article 3, the placing on the market of seal products is allowed only if the seal products result from hunts traditionally conducted by Innuit and other indigenous communities and contribute to their subsistence. These conditions apply at the time or point of import for imported products. The placing on the market of seal products is also allowed where the seal products result from by-products of hunting that is conducted for the sole purpose of the sustainable management of marine resources. Such placing on the market is only allowed on a not-for-profit basis. The nature and quantity of the seal products must not be such as to indicate that they are being placed on the market for commercial reasons (Article 3(2)(b) of the EU Regulation). The import of seal products is allowed only where it is of an occasional nature and consists exclusively of goods for the personal use of travellers or their families. The nature and quantity of such goods must not be such as to indicate that they are being imported for commercial reasons (Article 3(2)(a)). No powers of enforcement (including investigation, obstruction of an officer, forfeiture and destruction of goods) have been included in this instrument since all the necessary powers are already granted by the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979. A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared and placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies can be obtained from the Animal Welfare Core Team of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 9 Millbank, London SW1P 3JR.

Offences created by this instrument

• Penalty for breach of the EU Regulation regulation 3(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

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• Draft Ivory Act 2018 (Meaning of “Ivory” and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 Commons · General Committees · 11 December 2024 · Mary Creagh

  I give the hon. Lady the undertaking that we will watch our warthogs. I am happy to continue the dialogue, and I thank her for making that point. As described earlier, extending the Act to the four species demonstrates UK leadership, makes the existing ban more effective and adds protections for those four species. The draft regulations are part of a comprehensive package of UK leadership to tackle the illegal wildlife trade and to reduce poverty, including—to the point made by the hon. Member for Epping Forest—through our illegal wildlife trade challenge fund, which has allocated £57…

• Draft Ivory Act 2018 (Meaning of “Ivory” and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 Commons · General Committees · 11 December 2024 · Tessa Munt (Wells and Mendip Hills) (LD)

  It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Harris. I wonder if I might reiterate the request in respect of the walrus: I understand that it is protected by the Seal Products Regulations 2010, but I want to be clear about the loopholes in that legislation. Could the Government monitor the online and physical trade—for example, in auction houses—to make sure that there are equivalent protections for the walrus? The second species I want to mention is the warthog. It is not CITES-listed, but its teeth are traded and its numbers declining, so it needs to be carefully monitored. It is on…

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