# Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011, Section 12: Protection of wild plants


(1) The Wildlife Order is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 14(1)(a) (protection of wild plants) after “Schedule 8” insert “ or any seed or spore attached to any such wild plant ”.
(3) In Article 2(2) (general interpretation), in the definition of “wild plant”, after “any plant” insert “ (including fungi) ”.
(4) In Article 3 (interpretation of Part 2) at the end add—
“(3) Any reference in this Part to a plant which is growing—
(a) includes a reference to a bulb, corm or rhizome;
(b) does not include a reference to a seed or spore.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/15/section/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-natural-environment-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-12
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