Section 24 Native and non-native species etcI1I2
Schedule 9 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (animals and plants to which section 14 of that Act applies) is amended as follows.
In the heading to Part I, at the beginning insert “ NON-NATIVE ”.
In Part I, omit the entries relating to the wild boar, capercaillie, chough, corncrake, common crane, white-tailed eagle, goshawk, red kite and barn owl.
After Part I insert—
PART IANATIVE ANIMALS
NOTE. 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 shall not be taken into account.
Common name Scientific name Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Corncrake Crex crex Crane, Common Grus grus Eagle, White-tailed Haliaetus albicilla Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Kite, Red Milvus milvus Owl, Barn Tyto alba.
After Part IA (as inserted by subsection (4) above) insert—
PART IBANIMALS NO LONGER NORMALLY PRESENT
NOTE. 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 shall not be taken into account.
Common name Scientific name Beaver, Eurasian (but not in relation to Wales) Castor fiber Boar, Wild Sus Scrofa.
Annotations
Commencement
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S. 24 in force at 5.3.2015 for E. by S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(b)
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S. 24 in force at 12.4.2015 for W. by S.I. 2015/990, reg. 2