s.4Management Authority
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Section 4Part 2 — Management and Scientific Authorities

Management Authority

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The Management Authority for the purposes of this Act and the Convention is the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry with responsibility for matters relating to the environment or such other person or persons as the Cabinet may from time to time designate.
The Management Authority is responsible, in consultation with the Scientific Authority, for the administration of this Act and for carrying out all related functions under the Convention and shall in particular —
process applications for permits and certificates having regard to the provisions of this Act and the Convention;
on the import of a specimen, cancel and retain the export permit or re-export certificate and any corresponding import permit presented in respect of the import of that specimen;
maintain a register of persons engaged in registrable activities;
maintain a register of scientific institutions within the Islands pursuant to section 15;
maintain records of trade in specimens as required by the Convention and compile and submit periodic reports on such trade and on the legislative, regulatory and administrative measures taken to enforce the provisions of this Act and the Convention as may in either case be required by the Convention or by the Cabinet;
establish or designate one or more rescue centres for the care of seized or forfeited live specimens under this Act and establish procedures for the disposal of specimens;
prepare and maintain pursuant to section 34 a register of Resolutions of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention;
publicise the provisions of this Act and the Convention, including the periodic reports under paragraph (e), in order to foster public understanding of and to encourage compliance with them;
co-operate with other local and international authorities on the implementation and enforcement of the provisions of this Act and the Convention;
advise the Cabinet on measures to be taken to implement and enforce the provisions of this Act and the Convention; and
carry out such other functions as may be required under the provisions of the Convention or ordered by the Cabinet.
Any changes to the Management Authority made pursuant to subsection (1) shall be published by notice in the Gazette.

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