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The Coypus (Prohibition on Keeping) Order 1987

S.I. 1987/2195 · Made 26 November 1987 · Extends to England, Wales and Scotland

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ANIMALS

DESTRUCTIVE ANIMALS

Approved by both Houses of Parliament

Made 26th November 1987

Laid before Parliament 30th November 1987

Coming into force 1st January 1988

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, being satisfied with respect to the non-indigenous animals which are the subject of this Order that by reason of their destructive habits it is desirable to prohibit the keeping of them and to destroy any which may be at large, acting jointly, in exercise of powers conferred by section 10(1) of the Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932f1 and now vested in themf2 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Textual amendments

F1

Order revoked (S.) (2.7.2012) by The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Keeping and Release and Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/174), art. 1(1), sch. 2

Footnotes

f1

1932 c. 12.

f2

In the case of the Secretary of State for Wales by virtue of S.I. 1969/388.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Prohibition on keeping of coypus
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementF1I1

This Order may be cited as the Coypus (Prohibition on Keeping) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 1st January 1988.

2InterpretationF1I1

In this Order “coypu” means the animal of the species Myocastor coypus.

3Prohibition on keeping of coypusF1I1

The keeping within Great Britain of any coypu is prohibited.

Signature

In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 22nd November 1987.

L.S.

John MacGregor

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Sanderson of Bowden

Minister of State, Scottish Office

22nd November 1987

Peter Walker

Secretary of State for Wales

26th November 1987

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order prohibits the keeping of coypus within Great Britain. The Order replaces the Coypus (Keeping) Order 1982 (S.I. 1982/1744) which prohibits the keeping of coypus within Great Britain except under licence and which ceases to have effect on 1st January 1988.

In consequence of the making of this Order the provisions of the Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932 will continue to apply to coypus. Those provisions include—

(a)

a requirement that occupiers of land who know that coypus, not being coypus kept under a licence, are to be found there shall give notice of the fact to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in the case of land in England, or to the Secretary of State for Scotland in the case of land in Scotland or to the Secretary of State for Wales in the case of land in Wales (section 5(2)); and

(b)

a saving where a special licence is granted in respect of coypus kept for exhibition, scientific research or other exceptional purposes (section 8).