{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006/section-51",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006/section-51.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/16",
  "legislation_title": "Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006",
  "path": "section/51",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Codes of practice in connection with invasive non-native species",
  "text": "After section 14ZA of the 1981 Act insert—\n“Codes of practice in connection with invasive non-native species\n14ZB (1) The Secretary of State may issue or approve a code of practice relating to—\n(a) animals which are not ordinarily resident in and are not regular visitors to Great Britain in a wild state,\n(b) animals or plants included in Schedule 9, or\n(c) any description of animals or plants mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).\n(2) The Secretary of State may revise or replace a code or approve its revision or replacement.\n(3) The Secretary of State must ensure that a code is published in a way that is appropriate for bringing it to the attention of persons likely to be affected by it.\n(4) A person's failure to comply with a provision of a code does not make him liable to criminal or civil proceedings.\n(5) A code—\n(a) is admissible in evidence in any proceedings, and\n(b) must be taken into account by a court in any case in which it appears to the court to be relevant.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 51 in force at 1.10.2006 by S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/16/section/51",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:48.014805+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}