• 19. (1) Any individual who imports into Canada or exports from Canada an animal or plant, or a part or derivative of one, and who is exempt from holding a permit under these Regulations shall, on the request of an officer or a customs officer under subsection (2), make a declaration at the time of import or export on a form provided for that purpose by the Minister.

• (2) The officer or customs officer shall request a declaration where the Minister requires it in order to obtain information relating to the implementation of the Convention.

• (3) The declaration shall be signed by the importer or exporter and include the following information in respect of the imported or exported animal, plant, part or derivative:

  • (a) the name, street address and telephone number of the importer or exporter, as the case may be;

  • (b) a description of the animal, plant, part or derivative, in sufficient detail so as to permit it to be identified, including its common name and, if known, its scientific name, and, where applicable, a description of any thing that contains or is made up of the animal, plant, part or derivative;

  • (c) its number or quantity;

  • (d) its country of import or export, as the case may be;

  • (e) whether the animal, plant, part or derivative was acquired by the individual outside the individual’s ordinary country of residence during a sojourn from which they are returning and, if so, the name of the country in which it was acquired; and

  • (f) the date of import or export.

20. Where a person imports into Canada or exports from Canada any thing that is identified by a mark, label or accompanying document that indicates that the thing is an animal or plant, or a part or derivative of one, that is listed in Schedule I or II, that thing is, unless there is evidence that raises a reasonable doubt to the contrary, deemed to be the thing so identified.

21. For the purposes of subsection 18(1) of the Act, a removal notice shall contain the following information:

• (a) the name, street address and telephone number of the importer;

• (b) the name, street address and telephone number of the exporter;

• (c) the provision of the Act or these Regulations that the officer believes has been contravened;

• (d) a description of the thing to be removed; and

• (e) the period of time within which the thing must be removed.

22. An officer who requires the removal of all or part of a thing in accordance with subsection 18(1) of the Act shall require that the thing or part be inspected and, to the extent possible, marked and labelled, and that a place of export be indicated on the label or accompanying document.

23. For the purposes of paragraph 19(3)(a) of the Act, the period within which a thing must be removed is 90 days after the date of its detention under section 13 of the Act.