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Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

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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 nameScientific name
Butterfly, Real's Wood WhiteLeptidea reali
Crayfish, White-ClawedAustropotamobius pallipes
Damselfly, IrishCoenagrion lunulatum
Lobster, SpinyPalinurus elaphus
Mussel, FanAtrina fragilis
Seahorse, Short SnoutedHippocampus hippocampus
Seahorse, SpinyHippocampus 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, BaskingCetorhinus 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..

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