{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981/section-14A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981/section-14A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/69",
  "legislation_title": "Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981",
  "path": "section/14A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "14A",
  "heading": "Prohibition on sale etc. of invasive animals or plants",
  "text": "(1) This section applies to—\n(a) any type of invasive animal; or\n(b) any type of invasive plant,\nthe Scottish Ministers, by order, specify.\n(2) Subject to the provisions of this Part, any person who—\n(a) sells, offers or exposes for sale or has in the person’s possession or transports for the purpose of sale any animal or plant to which this section applies; or\n(b) publishes or causes to be published any advertisement likely to be understood as conveying that the person buys or sells, or intends to buy or sell, any such animal or plant,\nis guilty of an offence.\n(3) An order under subsection (1) may make different provision for different cases and, in particular, for—\n(a) different types of invasive animal or invasive plant;\n(b) different circumstances or purposes;\n(c) different persons;\n(d) different times of the year; and\n(e) different areas or places.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 14A, 14B inserted (S.) (1.10.2004) by Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 6), ss. 50, 59, Sch. 6 para. 13; S.S.I. 2004/407, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 14A(1) substituted (2.7.2012) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), ss. 14(4)(b), 43(1) (with s. 41(1)); S.S.I. 2012/175, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 14A(3) substituted (2.7.2012) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), ss. 14(4)(c), 43(1) (with s. 41(1)); S.S.I. 2012/175, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 14A heading substituted (2.7.2012) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), ss. 14(4)(a), 43(1) (with s. 41(1)); S.S.I. 2012/175, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/69/section/14A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:49.503545+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."
}