# The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules) Order 1988, Article 2: Variation of Schedule 5


(1) The following animals are hereby added to Schedule 5 to the Act:
Common Name
Scientific Name
Anemone, Ivell’s Sea
Edwardsia ivelli
Anemone, Startlet Sea
Nematosella vectensis
Apus
Triops cancriformis
Beetle, Violet Click
Limoniscus violaceus
Cat, Wild
Felis silvestris
Cicada, New Forest
Cicadetta montana
Dormouse
Muscardinus avellanarius
Leech, Medicinal
Hirudo medicinalis
Marten, Pine
Martes martes
Mat, Trembling Sea
Victorella pavida
Moth, Viper’s Bugloss
Hadena irregularis
Sandworm, Lagoon
Armandia cirrhosa
Shrimp, Fairy
Chirocephalus diaphanus
Shrimp, Lagoon Sand
Gammarus insensibilis
Turtles, Marine (all species)
Dermochelyidae and Cheloniidae
Vendace
Coregonus albula
Walrus
Odobenus rosmarus
Whale (all species)
Cetacea
Whitefish
Coregonus lavaretus
(2) All Dolphins (Cetacea) and all Porpoises (Cetacea) not already listed in Schedule 5 to the Act are hereby added to that Schedule.
(3) The Atlantic Stream Crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) is hereby added to Schedule 5 to the Act, but only in respect of section 9(1) so far as it relates to taking and in respect of section 9(5).
(4) The Viviparous Lizard (Lacerta vivipara), the Slow-worm (Anguis fragilis) and the Grass Snake (Natrix helvetica otherwise known as Natrix natrix) (which are already listed in Schedule 5 to the Act in respect of section 9(5) only) are hereby further listed in respect of section 9(1) so far as it relates to killing and injuring.
(5) The Carthusian Snail (Monacha cartusiana) and the Chequered Skipper butterfly (Carterocephalus palaemon) are hereby removed from Schedule 5 to the Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/288/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedules-order-1988/article-2
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