Section 12 Protection of wild plants

The Wildlife Order is amended as follows.

In Article 14(1)(a) (protection of wild plants) after “Schedule 8” insert “ or any seed or spore attached to any such wild plant ”.

In Article 2(2) (general interpretation), in the definition of “wild plant”, after “any plant” insert “ (including fungi) ”.

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.”.