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Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Prohibition on Sale etc. of Invasive Animal and Plant Species) (Scotland) Order 2019 (S.S.I. No. 38 of 2019).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Scotland
Document type
Regulation
Date
2019
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Alien species Internal trade Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Order specifies types of invasive animals and plants for the purposes of section 14A(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and by doing so makes provision in relation to the implementation of Article 7(1)(e) and (f) of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species. In accordance with section 14A, it is an offence for any person to sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, to have in their possession, or to transport for the purposes of sale, any such animal or plant. It is also an offence under that provision for a person to publish or cause to be published any advertisement likely to be understood as conveying that the person buys or sells, or intends to buy or sell, any such animal or plant.

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

Regulation (EU) No. 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species.

Legislation | European Union | 2014 (2016)

Keyword: Alien species, Wild fauna, Wild flora, Management/conservation, Biodiversity

Source: FAO, FAOLEX