S.L. 549.44 Art. 24Protection of flora.

(1) No person shall deliberately pick, collect, cut, uproot, destroy or damage in any way any specimen of species of flora listed in Schedules V(b) and VI(b), or in any way create adverse conditions which could affect such specimens.

(2) Without prejudice to the Trade in Species of Fauna and

Flora Regulations, no person shall keep, transport, sell or exchange by any method, import or export any specimen of species of flora listed in Schedules V (b) and VI (b) unless he is in possession of a prior official permit from the competent authority or Director as appropriate.

(3) The prohibitions referred to in subregulations (1) and (2) shall apply to all stages of the biological cycle of the plants to which this regulation applies.