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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-natural-environment-act-northern-ireland-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-9",
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  "legislation": "nia/2011/15",
  "legislation_title": "Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-natural-environment-act-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Schedule 9 (animals and plants to which Article 15 applies) is amended as follows.\n(2) In Part 1 at the appropriate places in alphabetical order insert the following entries—\nCommon name\nScientific name\nAmphipod, Freshwater\nCrangonyx pseudogracilis\nCrayfish, Signal\nPacifastacus leniusculus\nCrayfish, Narrow-clawed\nAstacus leptodactylus\nCrayfish, Noble\nAstacus astacus\nCrayfish, Spiny-cheek\nOrconectes limosus\nCrayfish, Marbled\nProcambarus sp.\nDeer, Chinese water\nHydropotes inermis\nDeer, Muntjac\nMuntiacus reevesi\nDeer, Roe\nCapreolus capreolus\nDuck, Mandarin\nAix galericulata\nHare, Brown\nLepus europaeus\nHedgehog (with respect to islands in territorial waters only)\nErinaceus europaeus\nFox (with respect to islands in territorial waters only)\nVulpes vulpes\nLimpet, Slipper\nCrepidula fornicata\nMussel, Zebra\nDreissena polymorpha\nRat, Common Brown (with respect to islands in territorial waters only)\nRattus norvegicus\nSea squirt\nDidemnum vexillum\nSea squirt, Club\nStyela clava\nShrimp, Freshwater\nGammarus pulex\nShrimp, Freshwater\nGammarus tigrinus\nShrimp, Japanese skeleton\nCaprella mutica\nStoat, Irish (with respect to islands in territorial waters only)\nMustela erminea hibernicus\n(3) In Part 1 omit the following entries—\nCommon name\nScientific name\nDuck, Carolina Wood\nAix sponsa\nGoshawk\nAccipiter gentilis\nPheasant, Golden\nChrysolophus pictus\n(4) In Part 2 at the appropriate places in alphabetical order insert the following entries—\nCommon name\nScientific name\nBalsam, Himalayan\nImpatiens glandulifera.\nBluebell, Spanish\nHyacinthoides hispanica\nCabbage, Skunk\nLysichiton americanum\nEelgrass, Dwarf\nZostera japonica\nFanwort\nCabomba caroliniana\nFig, Hottentot\nCarpobrotus edulis\nHoneysuckle, Japanese\nLonicera japonica\nKelp, Japanese\nUndaria pinnatifida\nKnotweed, Giant\nFallopia sachalinensis\nKnotweed, Himalayan\nPolygonum wallichii\nKnotweed, Japanese\nFallopia japonica\nLeek, Few-flowered\nAllium paradoxum\nMile-A-Minute Weed\nPolygonum perfoliatum\nParrot's Feather\nMyriophyllum aquaticum\nPennywort, Floating\nHydrocotyle ranunculoides\nReed, Giant\nArundo donax\nRhubarb, Giant\nGunnera tinctoria\nSalmonberry\nRubus spectabilis\nSalvinia, Giant\nSalvinia molesta\nSea-buckthorn\nHippophae rhamnoides\nStonecrop, Australian swamp\nCrassula helmsii\nWater Chestnut\nTrapa natans\nWater Fern\nAzolla filiculoides\nWater Lettuce\nPistia stratiotes\nWater Primrose\nLudwigia\nWater Soldier\nStratiotes aloides\nWaterlily, Fringed\nNymphoides peltata\nWaterweeds (all species)\nElodea (all species)\nWaterweed, Curly\nLagarosiphon major\nWaterweed, Large flowered\nEgeria densa\n(5) In Part 2 omit the following entries—\nCommon name\nScientific name\nKnotweed\nReynoutria sachalinensis\nKnotweed, Japanese\nReynoutria japonica\n(6) After the Note at the end of the Schedule insert— “ Note 2. In this Schedule “territorial waters” means the territorial waters adjacent to Northern Ireland. ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/15/schedule/1/paragraph/9",
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  "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."
}