{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spring-traps-approval-variation-england-order-2007/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spring-traps-approval-variation-england-order-2007/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2708",
  "legislation_title": "The Spring Traps Approval (Variation) (England) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/spring-traps-approval-variation-england-order-2007",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Variation of principal Order",
  "text": "In the Spring Traps Approval Order 1995—\n(a) in the Schedule—\n(i) at the beginning, insert the words “Part 1” and entitle that Part “England and Wales”; and\n(ii) at the end, insert—\n“Part 2\nEngland\nColumn (1)\nColumn (2)\nType and make of trap\nDOC 150 manufactured by or under the authority of the Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand.\nThe trap shall be used only for the purpose of killing grey squirrels, rats, stoats and weasels.\nThe trap must be set in the tunnel provided by the manufacturer of the trap for use in the UK and must be used in accordance with the instructions (if any) provided by the manufacturer.\nDOC 200 manufactured by or under the authority of the Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand.\nThe trap shall be used only for the purpose of killing grey squirrels, rats, stoats and weasels.\nThe trap must be set in the tunnel provided by the manufacturer of the trap for use in the UK and must be used in accordance with the instructions (if any) provided by the manufacturer.\nDOC 250 manufactured by or under the authority of the Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand.\nThe trap shall be used only for the purpose of killing grey squirrels, rats, stoats and weasels.\nThe trap must be set in the tunnel provided by the manufacturer of the trap for use in the UK and must be used in accordance with the instructions (if any) provided by the manufacturer.\nKania Trap 2500 manufactured by or under the authority of the C E Kania Corporation, 124-21, 10405, Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.\nThe trap shall be used only for the purpose of killing edible dormice (glis glis), grey squirrels, mice, mink, rabbits, rats, stoats and weasels.\nThe trap must be set in a natural or artificial tunnel which is suitable for minimising the chances of injuring or killing non-target species whilst not compromising the capture and killing of target species.\nNooski manufactured by or under the authority of Nooski Trap Systems, 50 White Street, Rotorua, New Zealand.\nThe trap shall be used only for the purpose of killing rats.\nThe trap must be set in a natural or artificial tunnel which is suitable for minimising the chances of injuring or killing non-target species whilst not compromising the capture and killing of target species.\nSolway Spring Trap Mk 4 manufactured by or under the authority of Solway Feeders Ltd., Main Street, Dundrennan, Kirkcudbright, DG6 6QH.\nThe trap shall be used only for the purpose of killing edible dormice (glis glis), grey squirrels, mice, rats, stoats and weasels.\nThe trap must be set in a natural or artificial tunnel which is suitable for minimising the chances of injuring or killing non-target species whilst not compromising the capture and killing of target species.\nSolway Spring Trap Mk 6 manufactured by or under the authority of Solway Feeders Ltd., Main Street, Dundrennan, Kirkcudbright, DG6 6QH.\nThe trap shall be used only for the purpose of killing edible dormice (glis glis), grey squirrels, mice, mink, rabbits, rats, stoats and weasels.\nThe trap must be set in a natural or artificial tunnel which is suitable for minimising the chances of injuring or killing non-target species whilst not compromising the capture and killing of target species.\n”",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/2427."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See, however, section 11(2)(b) of, and Schedule 6 to, the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c.69). By virtue of those provisions, whether or not the trap in question is approved by this Order, it is an offence to use any trap for the purpose of taking or killing any dormouse, except pursuant to a licence granted by the appropriate authority under section 16 of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See, however, section 11(2)(b) of, and Schedule 6 to, the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c.69). By virtue of those provisions, whether or not the trap in question is approved by this Order, it is an offence to use any trap for the purpose of taking or killing any dormouse, except pursuant to a licence granted by the appropriate authority under section 16 of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See footnote (a) above."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2708/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:43:47.768105+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."
}