Paragraph 1 F1

England and Wales

(1)

This Schedule provides for—

(a)

species control agreements between environmental authorities and owners of premises, and

(b)

species control orders made by environmental authorities,

and for related matters.

(2)

A species control agreement or species control order may relate to—

(F2a)

a species of animal or plant included on the F3list of species of special concern,

(b)

an invasive non-native species of animal or plant not falling within sub-paragraph (a), or

(c)

a species of animal that is no longer normally present in Great Britain.

This is subject to the other provisions of this Schedule.

(3)

The following definitions apply for the purposes of this Schedule.

Annotations

F1: Sch. 9A inserted (E.W.) (12.4.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), ss. 23(3), 57(4); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 3(a); S.I. 2015/990, reg. 2
F2: Sch. 9A para. 1(2)(a)-(c) substituted for Sch. 9A para. 1(2)(a)(b) (1.12.2019) by The Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/527), art. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 1(4)(a) (with art. 1(2)(4)) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1213, regs. 1, 2(2))
F3: Words in Sch. 9A para. 1(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Breeders’ Rights and Seeds (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1220), regs. 1(2)(c), 6(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)