Wild Animal and Plant Trade Regulations (SOR/96-263)
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Regulations are current to 2012-05-14 and last amended on 2011-06-23. Previous Versions
EXEMPTIONS
Interpretation
14. The definitions in this section apply in this section and sections 15 to 19.
- “commercial purpose”
“commercial purpose” means any activity related to the sale, offering for sale, purchase, trade or barter of any animal or plant, or any part or derivative of one, without regard to its quantity or weight, including
(a) any display, performance or exhibit of such a thing for gain or profit; and
(b) the use of any such thing for the purpose of soliciting sales. (fin commerciale)
- “customs officer”
“customs officer” has the meaning assigned to the word “officer” in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Act. (agent des douanes)
- “household effect”
“household effect” means a plant or dead animal, or a part or derivative of one, that is imported to or exported from Canada for other than commercial purposes and that
(a) is owned and possessed by an individual in the individual’s ordinary country of residence and that forms part of the individual’s household belongings that are being shipped to or from Canada, to the individual’s new residence; or
(b) forms part of an inheritance from an estate that is imported to or exported from Canada. (objet à usage domestique)
- “hunting trophy”
“hunting trophy” means a dead animal or a part or derivative of one that an individual acquired and possessed through legal hunting. (trophée de chasse)
- “personal baggage”
“personal baggage” means, where an individual uses a commercial passenger conveyance to enter or depart from Canada, all hand-carried items and all checked baggage of the individual and, where an individual uses any other type of conveyance to enter or depart from Canada, baggage that is being carried in or on the same vehicle, vessel or aircraft as the individual. (bagages personnels)
- “personal effect”
“personal effect” means any of the following things that is imported into or exported from Canada for other than commercial purposes:
(a) a plant or dead animal, or a part or derivative of one, that is owned and possessed by an individual in the individual’s ordinary country of residence and that, at the time of its import or export, is part of the individual’s clothing or accessories or is contained in the individual’s personal baggage; and
(b) a tourist souvenir or a hunting trophy. (objet personnel)
- “pet”
“pet” means a living animal that an individual owns as a personal pet and that is listed in Part I of Schedule I but not in Schedule II. (animal de compagnie)
- “tourist souvenir”
“tourist souvenir” means a dead animal, other than a hunting trophy, or a dead plant, or a part or derivative of one, that is listed in column I of an item of Schedule I and in respect of which there is a reference to Appendix II or III of the Convention in column II of that item and that is being imported into their ordinary country of residence by an individual who acquired, owned and possessed it outside their ordinary country of residence during a sojourn from which they are returning. (souvenir de voyage)
- SOR/2000-3, s. 1.
