The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule) (Scotland) Order 2005

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 308

WILDLIFE

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule) (Scotland) Order 2005

Made

7th June 2005

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

7th June 2005

Coming into force

30th June 2005

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 22(1)(c) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(1), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, having consulted with Scottish Natural Heritage in accordance with section 22(2A) of that Act, and having given any local authority affected and any other person affected an opportunity to submit objections or representations with respect to the subject matter of this Order in accordance with section 26(4)(a) of that Act, hereby make the following Order:

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule) (Scotland) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 30th June 2005.

(2) This Order extends to Scotland only.

Variation of Schedule 9

2.  The following plants are added to Part II of Schedule 9 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981–

Common name	Scientific name
Fanwort	Cabomba caroliniana
Hyacinth, water	Eichhornia crassipes
Lettuce, water	Pistia stratiotes
Salvinia, Giant	Salvinia molesta
Fern, Water	Azolla filiculoides
Parrot's-feather	Myriophyllum aquaticum
Pennywort, Floating	Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
Stonecrop, Australian swamp	Crassula helmsii
Waterweed, Curly	Lagarosiphon major
False-acacia	Robinia pseudoacacia
Fig, Hottentot	Carpobrotus edulis
Leek, Few-flowered	Allium paradoxum
Shallon	Gaultheria shallon

LEWIS MACDONALD

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

7th June 2005

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which applies in Scotland only, varies Part II of Schedule 9 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, by adding thirteen species of plant to the list of species of plants which may not be planted or otherwise caused to grow in the wild.

(1)

1981 c. 69; sections 22 and 26 were amended by the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).