# The Prohibition of Keeping or Release of Live Fish (Specified Species) (England) Order 2014, Article 2: Prohibition of keeping or release of specified fish or eggs

Extent: E+W

(1) No person may, except under the authority of a licence granted by the Secretary of State, keep or release any live freshwater fish, or the live eggs of any freshwater fish, which—
(a) belongs to a taxonomic order specified in the first column of the table in Part 1 of the Schedule; and
(b) is not native to England and Wales
(2) The requirement for a licence in paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to any species of non-native fish that is specified in the third column of the table in Part 2 of the Schedule and belongs to a taxonomic order referred to in paragraph (1).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/143/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prohibition-of-keeping-or-release-of-live-fish-specified-species-england-order-2014/article-2
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