# Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, Paragraph 5

Extent: E+W

In section 9 of that Act (protection of certain wild animals)—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) after that subsection there is inserted—
“(4A) Subject to the provisions of this Part, if any person intentionally or recklessly disturbs any wild animal included in Schedule 5 as—
(a) a dolphin or whale (cetacea), or
(b) a basking shark (cetorhinus maximus),
he shall be guilty of an offence.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/37/schedule/12/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/countryside-and-rights-of-way-act-2000/schedule-12/paragraph-5
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