{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981/section-14ZB",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981/section-14ZB.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/69",
  "legislation_title": "Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981",
  "path": "section/14ZB",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "14ZB",
  "heading": "Codes of practice in connection with species which are non-native or included in Schedule 9",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may issue or approve a code of practice relating to—\n(a) animals which are not ordinarily resident in and are not regular visitors to Great Britain in a wild state,\n(b) animals or plants included in Schedule 9, or\n(c) any description of animals or plants mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).\n(2) The Secretary of State may revise or replace a code or approve its revision or replacement.\n(3) The Secretary of State must ensure that a code is published in a way that is appropriate for bringing it to the attention of persons likely to be affected by it.\n(4) A person's failure to comply with a provision of a code does not make him liable to criminal or civil proceedings.\n(5) A code—\n(a) is admissible in evidence in any proceedings, and\n(b) must be taken into account by a court in any case in which it appears to the court to be relevant.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 14ZB inserted (E.W.) (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), ss. 51, 107; S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 14ZB heading substituted (5.3.2015 for E.) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), ss. 25(4), 57(4); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/69/section/14ZB",
    "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."
}