# The Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019, Article 27: Forfeiture

Extent: N.I.

(1) The court by which any person is convicted of an offence under this Order—
(a) must order the forfeiture of any specimen or other thing in respect of which the offence was committed; and
(b) may order the forfeiture of any vehicle, equipment or other thing which was used to commit the offence.
(2) A specimen forfeited under this Article must be—
(i) humanely dispatched (in the case of animals) or destroyed (in the case of plants, fungi or micro-organisms); or
(ii) transferred to an establishment or facility authorised to keep it by a permit or a licence (as the case may be).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2019/159/article/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/invasive-alien-species-enforcement-and-permitting-order-northern-ireland-2019/article-27
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