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22SAfter section 26 insert—
“26AEnforcement of wildlife legislation
Regulations under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68) for the purpose of implementing Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora as amended by the Act of Accession to the European Union of Austria, Finland and Sweden and by Council Directive 97/62/EC may, despite paragraph 1(1)(d) of Schedule 2 to that Act, create offences punishable on summary conviction with imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 6 para. 22 in force at 1.10.2004 by S.S.I. 2004/407, art. 2(b)