The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Prohibition on Sale etc. of Invasive Non-native Plants) (England) Order 2014

Statutory Instruments

2014 No. 538

Wildlife, England

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Prohibition on Sale etc. of Invasive Non-native Plants) (England) Order 2014

Made

3rd March 2014

Laid before Parliament

10th March 2014

Coming into force

6th April 2014

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 14ZA(3)(b) and 26 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(1).

In accordance with the requirements of section 26(4) of that Act, the Secretary of State—

(a)

has 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; and

(b)

has consulted with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, being the advisory body he considered was best able to advise him as to whether this Order should be made.

(1)

1981 c. 69. Section 14ZA was inserted by section 50 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16); as regards Wales, section 103 of that Act provides that the reference to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 in Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) is to be read as a reference to that Act of 1981 as amended by the later Act; by paragraph 11 of Schedule 30 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), the Assembly’s functions under the Act of 1981 have been transferred to the Welsh Ministers.