Article 14 Transitional provision for non-commercial owners: commercial stocksI1
Northern Ireland
It is a defence to a charge of committing an offence under Article 3(1)(a) or (c) to show that the specimen to which the alleged offence relates—
(a)
was received from a keeper of commercial stocks in accordance with Article 15(3)(d); and
(b)
at all material times, was kept in contained holding and appropriate measures were in place to ensure that the specimen could not reproduce or escape.