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The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (England) (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 2024

S.I. 2024/1342 · Made 16 December 2024

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WILDLIFE, ENGLAND

Made 16th December 2024

Laid before Parliament 17th December 2024

Coming into force 31st January 2025

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 22(5)(a) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981f1.

The Secretary of State has, in accordance with the requirements of section 26(4)(a) of that Act, given any local authority affected and any other person affected an opportunity to submit objections or representations with respect to the subject matter of this Order. The Secretary of State has also, in accordance with section 26(4)(b) of that Act, consulted with Natural England, being the advisory body he considered was best able to advise him as to whether this Order should be made.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1981 c. 69; section 22(5)(a) was amended by the Infrastructure Act 2015 c. 7, section 25(5).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Amendment to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (England) (No.2) Order 2021
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (England) (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 2024 and comes into force on 31st January 2025.

(2)

This Order extends to England and Wales.

2Amendment to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (England) (No.2) Order 2021

(1)

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (England) (No. 2) Order 2021f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

Omit Article 4.

Signature

Hayman of Ullock

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

16th December 2024

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (England) (No.2) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/548) (the “2021 Order”). The 2021 Order made an addition to Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (“the Act”), but this is subject to an expiry date.

Article 2 amends the 2021 Order to remove the expiry date. The effect is that the addition made by the 2021 Order will continue.