Lead Management Authority
s 4
The Ministry responsible for natural resources and environment shall be the Lead Management Authority for the purposes of this Act.
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Functions of the Lead Management Authority
s 5
The functions of the Lead Management Authority shall be— (a) to coordinate the implementation and enforcement of the provisions of this Act by the Management Authorities and Scientific Authorities; (b) to communicate with all other countries and the secretariat of the Convention on all matters under this Act; (c) to cause national obligations under the Convention to be fulfilled; (d) to create awareness and to provide training, education and information relating to the Convention; (e) to do such other things as it deems fit to enable it to perform its functions effectively or which are incidental to the performance of its functions.
Management Authority
s 6
(1) The Management Authority specified in the first column of the First Schedule shall have jurisdiction over the plant, animal or any combination of plant and animal including the readily recognizable part or derivative of the plant or animal in the region appearing in the corresponding second and third column respectively. (2) The Minister may by order published in the Gazette amend the First Schedule. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), the Minister shall obtain the consent of the State Authority of the State of Sabah or Sarawak before making any amendment to the First Schedule, where the Management Authority is located in the State of Sabah or Sarawak.
Functions and powers of the Management Authority
s 7
(1) The functions of the Management Authority shall be— (a) to maintain records of international trade in scheduled species and prepare annual and biennial reports concerning such trade, and to submit the reports to the Lead Management Authority on or before such date as the Lead Management Authority may determine; (b) to establish Rescue Centres; (c) to inform the Lead Management Authority within a reasonable period the offences committed under this Act; and (d) to do such other things as it deems fit to enable it to perform its functions effectively or which are incidental to the performance of its functions. (2) A Management Authority shall have the power to issue a permit or certificate, or allow registration under this Act. (3) A Management Authority may consult and seek the advice of a Scientific Authority in the implementation of its powers and functions under this Act.
Lead Scientific Authority and Scientific Authority
s 8
(1) The Lead Management Authority shall be the Lead Scientific Authority. (2) The Lead Scientific Authority may appoint such number of Scientific Authorities as may be necessary to provide advice on international trade in scheduled species.
Functions of the Scientific Authority
s 9
The Scientific Authority shall provide advice to the Lead Management Authority and Management Authority on international trade in scheduled species on— (a) the impact of the trade on the survival of the scheduled species; (b) the quotas for the export of the scheduled species; (c) the appropriate care of any live scheduled species to be imported or to be kept in Malaysia; (d) the measures to be taken when the harvest of the scheduled species threatens its survival; (e) the appropriate treatment of any seized or confiscated scheduled species; (f) the method of disposal of any seized or confiscated scheduled species; and (g) any other matters as it deems fit to enable it to perform its functions effectively or which are incidental to the performance of its functions.
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Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
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