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1. This Order—
(a)may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (England and Wales) Order 2010:
(b)comes into force on 6th April 2010; and
(c)extends to England and Wales only.
2.—(1) Schedule 9 (animals and plants to which section 14 applies)(1) to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 is varied as follows.
(2) Add the following animals to Part 1 (animals which are established in the wild) —
Common name | Scientific name |
Boar, Wild | Sus scrofa |
Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax |
Corncrake | Crex crex |
Crab, Chinese Mitten | Eriocheir sinensis |
Crane, Common | Grus grus |
Crayfish, Red Swamp | Procambarus clarkii |
Crayfish, Spiny-cheek | Orconectes limosus |
Deer, Chinese Water | Hydropotes inermis |
Flatworm | Kontikia andersoni |
Flatworm | Kontikia ventrolineata |
Flatworm, Australian | Australoplana sanguinea |
Goose, Bar-headed | Anser indicus |
Goose, Barnacle | Branta leucopsis |
Goose, Emperor | Anser canagicus |
Goose, Snow | Anser caerulescens |
Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis |
Kite, Red | Milvus milvus |
Limpet, Slipper | Crepidula fornicata |
Owl, Eagle | Bubo bubo |
Oyster Drill, American | Urosalpinx cinerea |
Parakeet, Monk | Myiopsitta monachus |
Pochard, Red-crested | Netta rufina |
Shelduck, Ruddy | Tadorna ferruginea |
Swan, Black | Cygnus atratus. |
(3) Remove the following animals from Part 1 —
Common name | Scientific name |
Budgerigar | Melopsittacus undulatus |
Coypu | Myocastor coypus |
With respect to the Outer Hebrides and the islands of Arran, Islay, Jura and Rum — (a) Deer, Cervus (all species) (b) Deer, any hybrid one of whose parents or other lineal ancestor was a species of Cervus Deer | Cervus Any hybrid of the genus Cervus |
Gerbil, Mongolian | Meriones unguiculatus |
Porcupine, Crested | Hystrix cristata |
Porcupine, Himalayan | Hystrix hodgsonii |
Quail, Bobwhite | Colinus virginianus. |
(4) Add the following plants to Part 2 (plants) —
Common name | Scientific name |
Alexanders, Perfoliate | Smyrnium perfoliatum |
Algae, Red | Grateloupia luxurians |
Archangel, Variegated Yellow | Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum |
Azalea, Yellow | Rhododendron luteum |
Balsam, Himalayan | Impatiens glandulifera |
Cotoneaster | Cotoneaster horizontalis |
Cotoneaster, Entire-leaved | Cotoneaster integrifolius |
Cotoneaster, Himalayan | Cotoneaster simonsii |
Cotoneaster, Hollyberry | Cotoneaster bullatus |
Cotoneaster, Small-leaved | Cotoneaster microphyllus |
Creeper, False Virginia | Parthenocissus inserta |
Creeper, Virginia | Parthenocissus quinquefolia |
Dewplant, Purple | Disphyma crassifolium |
Fanwort (otherwise known as Carolina Water-Shield) | Cabomba caroliniana |
Fern, Water | Azolla filiculoides |
Fig, Hottentot | Carpobrotus edulis |
Garlic, Three-cornered | Allium triquetrum |
Hyacinth, Water | Eichhornia crassipes |
Knotweed, Giant | Fallopia sachalinensis |
Knotweed, Hybrid | Fallopia japonica x Fallopia sachalinensis |
Knotweed, Japanese | Fallopia japonica |
Leek, Few-flowered | Allium paradoxum |
Lettuce, Water | Pistia stratiotes |
Montbretia | Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora |
Parrot’s Feather | Myriophyllum aquaticum |
Pennywort, Floating | Hydrocotyle ranunculoides |
Potato, Duck | Sagittaria latifolia |
Primrose, Floating Water | Ludwigia peploides |
Primrose, Water | Ludwigia grandiflora |
Primrose, Water | Ludwigia uruguayensis |
Rhododendron | Rhododendron ponticum |
Rhododendron | Rhododendron ponticum x Rhododendron maximum |
Rhubarb, Giant | Gunnera tinctoria |
Rose, Japanese | Rosa rugosa |
Salvinia, Giant | Salvinia molesta |
Seafingers, Green | Codium fragile |
Stonecrop, Australian Swamp (otherwise known as New Zealand Pygmyweed) | Crassula helmsii |
Waterweed, Curly | Lagarosiphon major |
Waterweeds | All species of the genus Elodea. |
(5) Remove the following plants from Part 2 —
Common name | Scientific name |
Knotweed, Japanese | Polygonum cuspidatum |
Seafingers, Green | Codium fragile tomentosoides. |
Huw Irranca-Davies
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
26th February 2010
Jane Davidson
Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing One of the Welsh Ministers
3rd March 2010
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