By Laura Chesters & Noelle McElhatton
Collectors and sellers of antique ivory are being told that the ivory ban is unlikely to become law before spring 2019, a longer lead-time than originally thought.
Dealer body BADA said it is telling its members that “provided the six-month period referred to in the ivory bill’s Explanatory Notes is adhered to, its restrictions are not expected to come into effect any earlier than the second half of April 2019, possibly later”.