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Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Exceptions to section 14) (Scotland) Order 2012 (S.S.I. No. 173 of 2012).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Scotland
Document type
Regulation
Date
2012
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Biodiversity Ranching/captive breeding Alien species Offences/penalties Protection of species
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Order specifies the types of animal and the types of plant to which the offence provisions in section 14(1)(a)(i) and 14(2) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as substituted by section 14(2)(a) of the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011) do not apply. Section 14(1)(a)(i) of the 1981 Act makes it an offence for any person to release, or allow to escape from captivity, any animal to a place outside its native range. Section 14(2) of the 1981 Act makes it an offence for any person to plant, or otherwise cause to grow, any plant in the wild at a place outside its native range.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

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

Amended by

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Exceptions to section 14) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012 (S.S.I. No. 205 of 2012).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2012

Keyword: Biodiversity, Ranching/captive breeding, Alien species, Offences/penalties, Protection of species

Source: FAO, FAOLEX