Amendment of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Keeping and Release and Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2012
2.—(1) The 2012 Order is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) After article 3 (prohibition on keeping invasive animals) of the 2012 Order, insert—
“Prohibition on keeping invasive plants
3A. The types of invasive plants listed in column (1) (whose Scientific name is listed in column (2)) of the table in Part 2A of Schedule 1 are specified for the purposes of section 14ZC(1)(b) of the 1981 Act.”.
(3) In Part 2 of schedule 1 of the 2012 Order (types of invasive animals specified for the purposes of section 14ZC(1)(a) of the 1981 Act), insert each of the following entries at the appropriate place according to the alphabetical order of the species’ common name—
Common name | Scientific name |
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Column (1) | Column (2) |
American bullfrog | Lithobates catesbeianus |
Asian hornet | Vespa velutina nigrithorax |
Chinese mitten crab | Eriocheir sinensis |
Egyptian goose | Alopochen aegyptiacus |
Fox squirrel | Sciurus niger |
Indian house crow | Corvus splendens |
Pallas’ squirrel | Callosciurus erythraeus |
Raccoon | Procyon lotor |
Raccoon dog | Nyctereutes procyonoides |
Ruddy duck | Oxyura jamaicensis |
Sacred ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
Siberian chipmunk | Tamias sibiricus |
(4) After Part 2 of schedule 1 of the 2012 Order, insert Part 2A which is set out in the schedule of this Order.