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Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 2016 45 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,533 – 05.02.2016 — Regulations, 2016

L.N. 45 of 2016

FEES ORDINANCE

(CAP. 35)

Fees (Owning and Keeping of Dangerous Animals)

Regulations, 2016

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 2 of the Fees

Ordinance, the Minister for Sustainable Development, the

Environment and Climate Change, with the concurrence of the

Minister for Finance, has made the following regulations:-

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 2016 45 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,533 – 05.02.2016 — Regulations, 2016

The title of these regulations is the Fees (Owning and Citation.

Keeping of Dangerous Animals) Regulations, 2016.

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 2016 45 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,533 – 05.02.2016 — Regulations, 2016

There shall be payable to the Director responsible for Fees payable.

Veterinary Services the following fees for the following services

Fees payable for the Owning or Keeping of Dangerous Wild Animals

Registration

of offspring

Euro

Scientific name of kind

Common name or names

MAMMALS

Marsupials

Family Dasyuridae

The Tasmanian devil.

The species Sarcophilus

laniarius.

Family Macropodidae

The western and eastern grey

kangaroos, the wallaroo and the

The species Macropus

red kangaroo.

fuliginosus, Macropus giganteus,

Macropus robustus and Macropus

rufus.

Primates

Family Cebidae

New-world monkeys (including

capuchin, howler, saki, uacari,

All species except those of the

spider and woolly monkeys).

genera Aotus, Callicebus and

Night monkeys (also known as

Saimiri.

owl monkeys), titi monkeys and

squirrel monkeys are excepted.

Euro

Euro

Scientific name of kind

Common name or names

Family Cercopithecidae

Old-world monkeys (including

baboons, the drill, colobus

All species.

monkeys, the gelada, guenons,

langurs, leaf monkeys, macaques,

the mandrill, mangabeys, the

patas and proboscis monkeys and

the talapoin).

Family Hominidae

Anthropoid apes; chimpanzees,

bonobos,

orang-utans

and

All species except those of the

gorillas.

genus Homo.

Family Hylobatidae

Gibbons and Siamangs.

All species.

Family Indriidae

Leaping lemurs (including the

indri and sifakas). The woolly

All species of the genera

lemur is excepted.

Propithecus and Indri (Avahi

lanigeris excepted).

Family Lemuridae

Large lemurs.

All species except those of the

Bamboo or gentle lemurs are

genus Hapalemur.

excepted.

Edentates

Family Dasypodidae

The giant armadillo.

The species Priodontes maximus.

Family Myrmecophagidae

The giant anteater.

The species Myrmecophaga

tridactyla.

Carnivores

Family Canidae

Wild dogs, wolves, jackals, the

maned wolf, the bush dog, dhole,

All species except those of the

foxes, raccoon dogs, dingo.

genera Alopex, Cerdocyon,

Dusicyon, Otocyon, Pseudolopex,

Urocyon, Vulpes and Nyctereutes.

Euro

Euro

Scientific name of kind

Common name or names

Family Felidae

All cats including the bobcat,

caracal, cheetah, jaguar, leopard,

All except -

lion, lynx, ocelot, puma, serval

and tiger.

(a) the species Felis silvestris,

Otocolobus manul,

The following are excepted

Leopardus tigrinus, Oncifelis

(i) the wild cat, the pallas cat,

geoffroyi, Oncifelis guigna,

the little spotted cat, the

Catopuma badia, Felis

Geoffroy’s cat, the kodkod,

margarita, Felis nigripes,

Prionailurus rubiginosus and

the bay cat, the sand cat,

the black-footed cat, the

Felis silvestris catus;

rusty-spotted cat and the

(b) a hybrid which is descended

domestic cat;

exclusively from any one or

more species within

(ii) a hybrid cat which is

paragraph (a);

descended

exclusively

from any one or more

(c) a hybrid of which -

species within paragraph

(a);

(i) one parent is Felis

(iii) a hybrid cat having as one

silvestris catus, and

parent a domestic cat and

as the other parent a first

(ii) the other parent is a

generation hybrid of a

first generation hybrid

domestic cat and any cat

of Felis silvestris

not within paragraph (a);

catus and any cat not

within paragraph (a); (iv) any cat which is descended

exclusively from any one

(d) any cat which is descended

or more hybrids within

exclusively from any one or

paragraph (c);

more hybrids within

paragraph (c) (ignoring, for

(v) any cat which is descended

the purpose of determining

exclusively

from

a

exclusivity of descent, the

domestic cat and any one

parents and remoter ancestors

or more hybrids within

of any hybrid within

paragraph (c).

paragraph (c));

(e) any cat which is descended

exclusively from Felis

silvestris catus and any one

or more hybrids within

paragraph (c) (ignoring, for

the purpose of determining

exclusivity of descent, the

parents and remoter ancestors

of any hybrid within

paragraph (c)).

Euro

Euro

Scientific name of kind

Common name or names

Family Hyaenidae

Hyænas. The aardwolf

is

excepted.

All except the species Proteles

cristatus.

Family Mustelidae

Badgers (except the Eurasian

badger), otters (except the

All species of the genera

European otter) and the tayra,

Amblonyx, Arctonyx, Aonyx,

wolverine, fisher and ratel

Enhydra, Lontra, Melogale,

(otherwise known as the honey

Mydaus, Pteronura and Taxidea.

badger).

The genus Lutra except the

species Lutra lutra.

The species Eira barbara, Gulo

gulo, Martes pennanti and

Mellivora capensis.

Family Ursidae

All bears including the giant

panda and the red panda.

All species including the species

Ailuropoda melanoleuca and

Ailurus fulgens.

Family Viverridae

The

African,

large-spotted,

Malay and Indian civets and the

All of the genus Civettictis.

fossa.

All of the genus Viverra.

The species Cryptoprocta ferox.

Pinnipedes

Family Odobenidae

The walrus.

All species.

Family Otariidae

Eared seals.

All species.

Family Phocidae

True or earless seals.

All species except Phoca vitulina The common seal (or harbour

and Halichoerus grypus.

seal) and grey seal are excepted.

Elephants

Family Elephantidae

Elephants.

10,000

20,000

All species.

Aardvark

Family Orycteropodidae

The aardvark.

The species Orycteropus afer.

Odd-toed ungulates

Euro

Euro

Scientific name of kind

Common name or names

Family Rhinocerotidae

Rhinoceroses.

10,000

20,000

All species.

Family Tapiridae

Tapirs.

All species.

Even-toed ungulates

Family Antilocapridae

The pronghorn.

The species Antilocapra

americana.

Family Bovidae

Antelopes,

bison,

buffalo,

gazelles, goats and sheep.

All species except any domestic

form of the genera Bos, Bubalus,

Domestic cattle, buffalo, goats

Capra and Ovis.

and sheep are excepted.

Family Cervidae

The moose or elk and the caribou

or reindeer.

All species of the genera Alces

and Rangifer, except any

The domestic moose or elk and

domestic form of these species.

the caribou or reindeer are

excepted.

Family Giraffidae

The giraffe and the okapi.

10,000

All species.

Family Hippopotamidae

The hippopotamus and

the

10,000

pygmy hippopotamus.

All species.

Family Suidae

Old-world pigs (including the

wild boar and the wart hog).

All species except any domestic

form of the species Sus scrofa.

The domestic pig is excepted.

Family Tayassuidae

New-world

pigs

(otherwise

known as peccaries).

All species.

Hybrids

Any hybrid of a kind of animal

Any mammalian hybrids with at

specified (other than by way of

least one parent of a specified

exception) in the foregoing

kind, and any animal of which at

provisions of this column where

least one parent is such a hybrid.

at least one parent is of a kind so

This does not apply to excepted

specified, and any animal of

cat hybrids.

which at least one parent is such a

hybrid.

This does not include an excepted

hybrid of the Family Felidae.

REPTILES

Crocodilians

Euro

Euro

Scientific name of kind

Common name or names

Family Alligatoridae

Alligators and caimans.

All species.

Family Crocodylidae

Crocodiles and the false gharial.

All species.

Family Gavialidae

The gharial (otherwise known as

the gavial).

All species.

Lizards and snakes

Family Atractaspididae

Burrowing asps, also known as

mole or burrowing vipers and

All species of the genus

stiletto snakes.

Atractaspis.

Family Colubridae

Certain rear-fanged venomous

snakes, Montpellier snakes and

All species of the genera

African vine snakes (otherwise

Malpolon and Thelotornis.

known as African twig or bird

snakes).

The species Dispholidus typus,

Rhabdophis subminiatus,

The boomslang, the red-necked

Rhabdophis tigrinus,

keelback,

the

yamakagashi

Elapomorphus lemniscatus,

(otherwise known as the Japanese

Philodryas olfersii, Tachymenis

tiger-snake), the Argentine black-

peruviana and Xenodon severus.

headed

snake,

the

South

American green racer, the

Peruvian racer and the Amazon

false viper.

Family Elapidae

Certain front-fanged venomous

snakes including cobras, coral

All species.

snakes,

kraits,

mambas,

whipsnakes and all Australian

poisonous snakes (including the

death adders).

Family Hydrophiidae

Sea snakes.

All species.

Family Helodermatidae

The gila monster and

the

(Mexican) beaded lizard.

All species.

Family Viperidae

Certain front-fanged venomous

snakes (including adders, the

All species.

barba amarilla, the bushmaster,

the fer-de-lance, moccasins,

rattlesnakes and vipers).

INVERTEBRATES

Spiders

Euro

Euro

Scientific name of kind

Common name or names

Family Ctenidae

Wandering spiders, and other

species that might cause physical

The genus Phoneutria.

harm to humans and the eco-

system.

Family Hexathelidae

The Sydney funnel-web spider

and its close relatives, and other

The genus Atrax.

species that might cause physical

harm to humans and the eco-

system.

Family Sicariidae

Brown recluse spiders (otherwise

known as violin spiders), and

The genus Loxosceles.

other species that might cause

physical harm to humans and the

eco-system.

Family Theridiidae

The widow spiders and close

relatives, and other species that

The genus Latrodectus.

might cause physical harm to

humans and the eco-system.

Scorpions

Family Buthidae

Buthid scorpions and other

species that might cause physical

All species.

harm to humans and the eco-

system.

Family Hemioscorpiidae

Middle-Eastern

thin-tailed

scorpion and other species that

The species Hemiscorpius

might cause physical harm to

lepturus.

humans and the eco-system.

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