Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000

Valid from 30/01/2001

This section has no associated Explanatory Notes

5E+WIn section 9 of that Act (protection of certain wild animals)—

(a)in subsection (4) after “intentionally” there is inserted “ or recklessly ”, and

(b)after that subsection there is inserted—

(4A)Subject to the provisions of this Part, if any person intentionally or recklessly disturbs any wild animal included in Schedule 5 as—

(a)a dolphin or whale (cetacea), or

(b)a basking shark (cetorhinus maximus),

he shall be guilty of an offence.