# Infrastructure Act 2015, Section 24: Native and non-native species etc


(1) Schedule 9 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (animals and plants to which section 14 of that Act applies) is amended as follows.
(2) In the heading to Part I, at the beginning insert “ NON-NATIVE ”.
(3) 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.
(4) After Part I insert—
PART IA NATIVE 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 nameScientific name
CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
CorncrakeCrex crex
Crane, CommonGrus grus
Eagle, White-tailedHaliaetus albicilla
GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
Kite, RedMilvus milvus
Owl, BarnTyto alba.
(5) After Part IA (as inserted by subsection (4) above) insert—
PART IB ANIMALS 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 nameScientific name
Beaver, Eurasian (but not in relation to Wales)Castor fiber
Boar, WildSus Scrofa.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/7/section/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/infrastructure-act-2015/section-24
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