Ivory Act:
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9 weeks left to register items comprising less than 10% ivory (from Monday 4 April)
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Applications should be made now for exemption certificates for items of high artistic, cultural or historical value
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BADA ivory webinar recording available here
Members are reminded that in order to continue offering for sale pre-1947 items comprising less than 10 per cent ivory by volume ("de minimis items"), you must have registered them with Defra before Monday 6 June 2022.
If the ivory items comprise 10 per cent or more ivory and you believe them to be of high artistic, cultural or historical value you may still be able to sell them provided you have applied for an exemption certificate.
If ivory items have not been registered or received an exemption certificate before 6 June 2022, dealers will be unable to offer them for sale from 6 June and may be subject to prosecution. Owners of ivory items who are not offering them for sale do not need to register them.
For more information about registration of de minimis ivory items or applying for an exemption certificate please see the following administrative guidance pages of the Government's web site:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/buy-or-hire-an-ivory-item
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/dealing-in-items-containing-ivory-or-made-of-ivory
Once you have read the administrative guidance you can register items or apply for an exemption certificate here.
BADA recently held a webinar on the subject of the Ivory Act. You can watch the webinar (duration 1 hr 37 mins) and view the webinar slides using these links:
BADA webinar: Antique ivory - the new laws in the UK and abroad
BADA ivory webinar PDF of slides
Mark Dodgson, 4 April 2022