{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedules-5-and-8-order-1998/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedules-5-and-8-order-1998/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/878",
  "legislation_title": "The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules 5 and 8) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedules-5-and-8-order-1998",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Variation of Schedule 5",
  "text": "(1) The following animals are hereby added to Schedule 5 to the Act:\nCommon Name\nScientific Name\nBeetle, Stag (in respect of section 9(5) only)\nLucanus cervus\nDamselfly, Southern\nCoenagrion mercuriale\nGoby, Couch's\nGobius couchii\nGoby, Giant\nGobius cobitis\nHydroid, Marine\nClavopsella navis\nMoth, Fiery Clearwing\nBembecia chrysidiformis\nMoth, Fisher’s Estuarine\nGortyna borelii\nMussel, Fan (in respect of section 9(1), (2) and (5) only)\nAtrina fragilis\nShad, Twaite (in respect of section 9(4)(a) only)\nAlosa fallax\nShark, Basking\nCetorhinus maximus\nVole, Water (in respect of section 9(4) only)\nArvicola terrestris\n(2) The following entries are hereby added to Schedule 5 to the Act in substitution for the existing entries relating to Allis Shad (Alosa alosa); Butterfly, Large Copper (Lycaena dispar); Butterfly, Marsh Fritillary (Eurodryas aurinia); Mussel, Freshwater Pearl (Margaritifera margaritifera):\nCommon Name\nScientific Name\nAllis Shad (in respect of section 9(1) and (4)(a) only)\nAlosa alosa\nButterfly, Large Copper\nLycaena dispar\nButterfly, Marsh Fritillary\nEurodryas aurinia\nMussel, Freshwater Pearl\nMargaritifera margaritifera\n(3) The Moth, Vipers Bugloss (Hadena irregularis) is hereby removed from Schedule 5 to the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Schedule 5 was varied by S.I. 1988/288, 1989/906, 1991/367, 1992/2350."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Allis Shad was added to Schedule 5, in respect of section 9(1) only, by S.I. 1991/367."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Butterfly, Large Copper and Butterfly, Marsh Fritillary were added to Schedule 5, in respect of section 9(5) only, by S.I. 1989/906."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Mussel, Freshwater Pearl was added to Schedule 5, in respect of section 9(1) so far as it relates to killing and injuring, by S.I. 1991/367."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Moth, Vipers Bugloss was added to Schedule 5 by S.I. 1988/288."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/878/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:33:21.944568+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."
}