Paragraph 5
(1)
Schedule 5 (animals which are protected at all times) is amended as follows.
(2)
At the appropriate places in alphabetical order insert the following entries—
| Common name | Scientific name |
|---|---|
| Butterfly, Real's Wood White | Leptidea reali |
| Crayfish, White-Clawed | Austropotamobius pallipes |
| Damselfly, Irish | Coenagrion lunulatum |
| Lobster, Spiny | Palinurus elaphus |
| Mussel, Fan | Atrina fragilis |
| Seahorse, Short Snouted | Hippocampus hippocampus |
| Seahorse, Spiny | Hippocampus guttulatus |
| Skate, Common (in respect of Article 10(1) only and with respect to coastal waters only) | Dipturus batis |
| Shark, Angel (in respect of Article 10(1) only and with respect to coastal waters only) | Squatina squatina |
| Shark, Basking | Cetorhinus maximus |
(3)
After the Note at the end of the Schedule insert— “ Note 2. In this Schedule “coastal waters” means the part of the territorial waters adjacent to Northern Ireland which is not more than 6 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of those waters is measured; and “nautical mile” means an international nautical mile of 1,872 metres. ”.