# The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules 5 and 8) Order 1992 S.I. 1992/2350 · made 1 October 1992 This Order, which applies throughout Great Britain, varies Schedules 5 and 8 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which list animals and plants protected under that Act. Made under: Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Section 22) ## Introductory text WILDLIFE Made 1st October 1992 Laid before Parliament 8th October 1992 Coming into force 29th October 1992 The Secretary of State— having received a representation made jointly to him by the Nature Conservancy Councils; having 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; being of the opinion that the animals and plants referred to in articles 2 and 3(1) of this Order are in danger of extinction in Great Britain or likely to become so endangered unless conservation measures are taken, and that the plants referred to in article 3(2) below are no longer so endangered or likely to become so endangered; in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 22(3) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order: ## 1 Citation and commencement (1) This Order may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules 5 and 8) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 29th October 1992. (2) In this Order “the Act” means the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. ## 2 Variation of Schedule 5 (1) The following animals are hereby added to Schedule 5 to the Act: Common Name Scientific Name Beetle Graphoderus zonatus Beetle Hypebaeus flavipes Beetle Paracymus aeneus Beetle, Lesser Silver Water Hydrochara caraboides Beetle, Mire Pill (in respect of section 9(4)(a) only) Curimopsis nigrita Hatchet Shell, Northern Thyasira gouldi Lagoon Snail Paludinella littorina Lagoon Snail, De Folin's Caecum armoricum Lagoon Worm, Tentacled Alkmaria romijni Moth, Sussex Emerald Thalera fimbrialis Sea Fan, Pink (in respect of section 9(1), 9(2) and 9(5) only) Eunicella verrucosa Sea Slug, Lagoon Tenellia adspersa Sturgeon Acipenser sturio (2) The following entry is hereby added to Schedule 5 to the Act in substitution for the existing entry relating to the high brown fritillary butterfly (argynnis adippe): Common Name Scientific Name Butterfly, High Brown Fritillary Argynnis adippe ## 3 Variation of Schedule 8 (1) The following plants are hereby added to Schedule 8 to the Act: Common Name Scientific Name Blackwort Southbya nigrella Caloplaca, Snow Caloplaca nivalis Catapyrenium, Tree Catapyrenium psoromoides Catillaria, Laurer's Catellaria laureri Centaury, Slender Centaurium tenuiflorum Cladonia, Upright Mountain Cladonia stricta Clary, Meadow Salvia pratensis Crystalwort, Lizard Riccia bifurca Cudweed, Broad-leaved Filago pyramidata Dock, Shore Rumex rupestris Earwort, Marsh Jamesoniella undulifolia Flapwort, Norfolk Leiocolea rutheana Frostwort, Pointed Gymnomitrion apiculatum Gentian, Dune Gentianella uliginosa Gentian, Early Gentianella anglica Grimmia, Blunt-leaved Grimmia unicolor Gyalecta, Elm Gyalecta ulmi Hawkweed, Northroe Hieracium northroense Hawkweed, Shetland Hieracium zetlandicum Hawkweed, Weak-leaved Hieracium attenuatifolium Lecanactis, Churchyard Lecanactis hemisphaerica Lecanora, Tarn Lecanora archariana Lecidea, Copper Lecidea inops Lichen, Arctic Kidney Nephroma arcticum Lichen, Ciliate Strap Heterodermia leucomelos Lichen, Coralloid Rosette Heterodermia propagulifera Lichen, Ear-lobed Dog Peltigera lepidophora Lichen, Forked Hair Bryoria furcellata Lichen, Golden Hair Teloschistes flavicans Lichen, Orange Fruited Elm Caloplaca luteoalba Lichen, River Jelly Collema dichotomum Lichen, Scaly Breck Squamarina lentigera Lichen, Stary Breck Buellia asterella Liverwort Petallophyllum ralfsi Liverwort, Lindenberg’s Leafy Adelanthus lindenbergianus Moss Drepanocladius vernicosus Moss, Alpine Copper Mielichoferia mielichoferi Moss, Baltic Bog Sphagnum balticum Moss, Blue Dew Saelania glaucescens Moss, Blunt-leaved Bristle Orthotrichum obtusifolium Moss, Bright Green Cave Cyclodictyon laetevirens Moss, Cordate Beard Barbula cordata Moss, Cornish Path Ditrichum cornubicum Moss, Derbyshire Feather Thamnobryum angustifolium Moss, Dune Thread Bryum mamillatum Moss, Glaucous Beard Barbula glauca Moss, Green Shield Buxbaumia viridis Moss, Hair Silk Plagiothecium piliferum Moss, Knothole Zygodon forsteri Moss, Large Yellow Feather Scorpidium turgescens Moss, Millimetre Micromitrium tenerum Moss, Multifruited River Cryphaea lamyana Moss, Nowell’s Limestone Zygodon gracilis Moss, Rigid Apple Bartramia stricta Moss, Round-leaved Feather Rhyncostegium rotundifolium Moss, Schleicher’s Thread Bryum schleicheri Moss, Triangular Pygmy Acaulon triquetrum Moss, Vaucher’s Feather Hypnum vaucheri Mudwort, Welsh Limosella australis Naiad, Slender Najas flexilis Orache, Stalked Halimione pedunculata Orchid, Lapland Marsh Dactylorhiza lapponica Pannaria, Caledonia Pannaria ignobilis Parmelia, New Forest Parmelia minarum Parmentaria, Oil Stain Parmentaria chilensis Penny-cress, Perfoliate Thlaspi perfoliatum Pertusaria, Alpine Moss Pertusaria bryontha Physcia, Southern Grey Physcia tribacioides Pine, Ground Ajuga chamaepitys Plantain, Floating Water Luronium natans Pseudocyphellaria, Ragged Pseudocyphellaria lacerata Psora, Rusty Alpine Psora rubiformis Rampion, Spiked Phyteuma spicatum Rustworth, Western Marsupella profunda Saxifrage, Marsh Saxifrage hirulus Solenopsora, Serpentine Solenopsora liparina Stonewort, Bearded Chara canescens Turpswort Geocalyx graveolens (2) The following plants are hereby removed from Schedule 8 to the Act: Common Name Scientific Name Lavender, Sea { Limonium paradoxum { Limonium recurvum Spurge, Purple Euphorbia peplis ## Signature Michael Howard One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Department of the Environment 1st October 1992 ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) This Order, which applies throughout Great Britain, varies Schedules 5 and 8 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which list animals and plants protected under that Act. Article 2 adds eleven animals generally to Schedule 5, confers limited protection on two animals and extends the protection afforded to one animal. Article 3 adds seventy-eight plants to Schedule 8 and removes three plants from protection. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2350 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedules-5-and-8-order-1992 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.