{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-habitats-and-species-regulations-2017/schedule-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-habitats-and-species-regulations-2017/schedule-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/1012",
  "legislation_title": "The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-habitats-and-species-regulations-2017",
  "path": "schedule/4",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Animals which may not be captured or killed in certain ways.",
  "text": "1 The common name or names given in the first column of this Schedule are included by way of guidance only; in the event of any dispute or proceedings, the common name or names must not be taken into account.\nCommon name1\nScientific name\nBarbel\nBarbus barbus\nGrayling\nThymallus thymallus\nHare, Mountain\nLepus timidus\nLamprey, River\nLampetra fluviatilis\nMarten, Pine\nMartes martes\nPolecat\nMustela putorius (otherwise known as Putorius putorius)\nSalmon, Atlantic\nSalmo salar (only in fresh water)\nSeal, Bearded\nErignathus barbatus\nSeal, Common\nPhoca vitulina\nSeal, Grey\nHalichoerus grypus\nSeal, Harp\nPhoca groenlandica (otherwise known as Pagophilus groenlandicus)\nSeal, Hooded\nCystophora cristata\nSeal, Ringed\nPhoca hispida (otherwise known as Pusa hispida)\nShad, Allis\nAlosa alosa\nShad, Twaite\nAlosa fallax\nVendace\nCoregonus albula\nWhitefish\nCoregonus lavaretus",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1012/schedule/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:07:21.486081+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}