The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Keeping and Release and Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2012

Articles 2, 3 and 4

SCHEDULE 1

PART 1 Types of animals specified for the purposes of section 14(1)(a)(ii) of the 1981 Act (types of animal which it is an offence for a person to release or allow to escape from captivity)

Common name Column (1)	Latin name Column (2)	Extent Column (3)
Deer	All species of the genus Cervus	Outer Hebrides and the islands of Aaran (including Holy Island), Islay, Jura and Rum

PART 2 Types of invasive animals specified for the purposes of section 14ZC(1)(a) of the 1981 Act (types of animal which it is an offence for a person to keep, have in their possession or have under their control)

Common name Column (1)	Latin name Column (2)
Asp	Aspius aspius
Barbel	species of the genus Barbus (excluding Barbus barbus)
Bass (excluding sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax)	Micropterus salmoides; Micropterus dolomieu; Ambloplites rupestris; and species of the genus Morone
Bighead carp	Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Blacknose dace	Rhinichthys atratulus
Blageon	Leuciscus souffia
Blue bream	Ballerus ballerus
Blue sucker	Cycleptus elongatus
Burbot	Lota lota
Catfish	species of the genera Ictalurus, Ameiurus and Silurus
Charr	species of the genus Salvelinus (excluding Salvelinus alpinus)
Chinese black or snail-eating carp	Mylopharyngodon piceus
Chinese sucker (also known as Zebra hi fin, banded shark/sucker)	Myxocyprinus asiaticus
Coho salmon	Oncorhynchus kisutch
Common white sucker	Catostomus commersoni
Coypu	Myocastor coypus
Crayfish	freshwater decapod crustacean of the Families Astacidae, Cambaridae or Parastacidae, (excluding Austropotamobius pallipes)
Danubian bleak	Chalcalburnus chalcoides
Danubian salmon & Taimen	species of the genus Hucho
Eastern mudminnow	Umbra pygmaea
European bitterling	Rhodeus sericeus
European mudminnow	Umbra krameri
Fathead minnow (or Roseyreds)	Pimephales promelas
Freshwater minnow, Dragon fish or Pale chub	Zacco platypus
Grass carp	Ctenopharyngodon idella
Grey squirrel	Sciurus carolinensis
Landlocked salmon	non anadromous varieties of the species Salmo salar
Marbled trout	Salmo marmoratus
Mink	Mustela vison
Muntjac	Species of genus Muntiacus
Muskrat	Ondatra zibethica
Nase	Chondrostoma nasus
Northern redbelly dace (common minnow)	Phoxinus/Chrosomus eos
Pacific salmon and trout	species of the genus Oncorhynchus (excluding Oncorhynchus mykiss and Oncorhynchus kisutch)
Paddlefish	species of the genera Polyodon and Psephurus
Perch	species of the genus Perca (excluding Perca fluviatilis)
Pike	species of the genus Esox (excluding Esox lucius)
Pikeperch	species of the genus Stizostedionlucioperca
Rabbit (excluding European rabbit)	Species of the genara Bunolagus, Brachylagus, Nesolagus, Pentalagus, Poelagus, Romerolagus and Sylvilagus
Red shiner	Cyprinella/Notropis lutrensis
Ruffe	Gymnocephalus cernuus
Schneider	Alburnoides bipunctatus
Silver carp	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Snakehead	species of the genus Channa
Southern redbelly dace (common minnow)	Phoxinus/Chrosomus erythrogaster
Sturgeon or sterlet	species of the genera Acipenser, Huso, Pseudoscaphirhynchus and Scaphirhynchus
Sunbleak (Sundace), also known as Belica or Motherless minnow	Leucaspius delineatus
Sunfish, including pumpkinseed (also Basses, Crappies & Bluegills)	species of the genus Lepomis
Topmouth gudgeon	Pseudorasbora parva
Toxostome (or French nase)	Chondrostoma toxostoma
Vimba	Vimba vimba
Weatherfish	Misgurnus fossilis
Whitefish	species of the genus Coregonus (excluding Coregonus lavaretus and Coregonus albula)

PART 3 Types of invasive animals which require notification under article 4 of this Order

Common name Column (1)	Scientific name Column (2)
Coypu	Myocastor coypus
Muntjac	Species of genus Muntiacus
Muskrat	Ondatra zibethica
Rabbit (excluding European rabbit)	Species of the genara Bunolagus, Brachylagus, Nesolagus, Pentalagus, Poelagus, Romerolagus and Sylvilagus

NOTE: The common name or names given in Column (1) of the tables in Parts 1, 2 and 3 of this Schedule are included by way of guidance only; in the event of any dispute or proceedings, the common name or names shall not be taken into account.

Article 5

SCHEDULE 2 REVOCATIONS

Regulations revoked	Reference
The Musk Rats (Prohibition of Importation and Keeping) Order 1933	S.I. 1933/106
The Grey Squirrels (Prohibition of Importation and Keeping) Order 1937	S.I. 1937/478
The Non-Indigenous Rabbits (Prohibition of Importation and Keeping) Order 1954	S.I. 1954/927
The Mink (Keeping) Regulations 1975	S.I. 1975/2223
The Mink (Keeping) (Amendment) Regulations 1977	S.I. 1977/2122
The Mink (Keeping) (Amendment) Regulations 1979	S.I. 1979/1669
The Mink (Keeping) (Amendment) Regulations 1982	S.I. 1982/1883
The Coypus (Prohibition on Keeping) Order 1987	S.I. 1987/2195
The Mink (Keeping) (Amendment) Regulations 1987	S.I. 1987/2225
The Coypus (Special Licence) (Fees) Regulations 1997	S.I. 1997/2751
The Mink (Keeping) (Amendment) Regulations 1997	S.I. 1997/2750
The Mink Keeping (Scotland) Order 2000	S.S.I. 2000/400
The Mink Keeping (Scotland) Order 2003	S.S.I. 2003/528
The Prohibition of Keeping or Release of Live Fish (Specified Species) (Scotland) Order 2003	S.S.I. 2003/560
The Muntjac Keeping (Scotland) Regulations 2011	S.S.I. 2011/63
The Muntjac Keeping (Scotland) Order 2011	S.S.I. 2011/172