Schedule Schedule: Shark fins Exemption certificates
Paragraph 1 confirms that the prohibition on the import or export of shark fins does not apply if the appropriate authority issues an exemption certificate permitting such an import or export on a specified date or within a specific period set out in the exemption certificate (unless the exemption certificate has been revoked under paragraph 3). This paragraph also lists the information that must be included in an exemption certificate. The certificate describes the shipment in as much detail as possible (i.e. weight/number of fins, whole/diced/powdered etc., species where possible).
	Paragraph 9 defines the "appropriate authority" as: (i) the Secretary of State in relation to the entry into, or removal from, England of shark fins or things containing them, (ii) Scottish Ministers in relation to the entry into, or removal from, Scotland of shark fins or things containing them, and (iii) Welsh Ministers in relation to the entry into, or removal from, Wales of shark fins or things containing them. The appropriate authorities do not need to take action in relation to intra-Great Britain movements, as they are not caught by the prohibition in section 1.
	Guidance on the exemption certificate process will be developed and agreed by the appropriate authorities.