Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 (S.S.I. No. 337 of 2001).

Subject

Wild species & ecosystems

Keyword

Hunting/capture Birds Protection of species

Geographical area

Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe

Entry into force notes

Regulations come into force on 4 November 2001.

Abstract

These Regulations are being made to ensure compliance with Council Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds (79/409/EEC) as amended. The Regulations remove the capercaillie (tetrao urogallus) from Part I of Schedule 2 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 which contains the list of species which may be hunted in Scotland and place it in Part I of Schedule 1 to that Act which provides greater legal protection to the species by making offences involving the bird punishable by special penalties as described in Section 21 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The Regulations also remove the reference to capercaillie in the definition of "close season", as set out in Section 2(4)(a) of the above Act, and remove the reference to capercaillie as a bird which may be sold from Schedule 3 of that Act.

Full text

English

Website

www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Amends

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Chapter 69).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1981 (2020)

Keyword: Framework law, Management/conservation, Protected area, National parks, Birds, Hunting/capture, Endangered species, Protection of species

Source: FAO, FAOLEX