Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

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9—(1) Schedule 9 (animals and plants to which Article 15 applies) is amended as follows.N.I.

(2) In Part 1 at the appropriate places in alphabetical order insert the following entries—

Common nameScientific name
Amphipod, FreshwaterCrangonyx pseudogracilis
Crayfish, SignalPacifastacus leniusculus
Crayfish, Narrow-clawedAstacus leptodactylus
Crayfish, NobleAstacus astacus
Crayfish, Spiny-cheekOrconectes limosus
Crayfish, MarbledProcambarus sp.
Deer, Chinese waterHydropotes inermis
Deer, MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Deer, RoeCapreolus capreolus
Duck, MandarinAix galericulata
Hare, BrownLepus europaeus
Hedgehog (with respect to islands in territorial waters only)Erinaceus europaeus
Fox (with respect to islands in territorial waters only)Vulpes vulpes
Limpet, SlipperCrepidula fornicata
Mussel, ZebraDreissena polymorpha
Rat, Common Brown (with respect to islands in territorial waters only)Rattus norvegicus
Sea squirtDidemnum vexillum
Sea squirt, ClubStyela clava
Shrimp, FreshwaterGammarus pulex
Shrimp, FreshwaterGammarus tigrinus
Shrimp, Japanese skeletonCaprella mutica
Stoat, Irish (with respect to islands in territorial waters only)Mustela erminea hibernicus

(3) In Part 1 omit the following entries—

Common nameScientific name
Duck, Carolina WoodAix sponsa
GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
Pheasant, GoldenChrysolophus pictus

(4) In Part 2 at the appropriate places in alphabetical order insert the following entries—

Common nameScientific name
Balsam, HimalayanImpatiens glandulifera.
Bluebell, SpanishHyacinthoides hispanica
Cabbage, SkunkLysichiton americanum
Eelgrass, DwarfZostera japonica
FanwortCabomba caroliniana
Fig, HottentotCarpobrotus edulis
Honeysuckle, JapaneseLonicera japonica
Kelp, JapaneseUndaria pinnatifida
Knotweed, GiantFallopia sachalinensis
Knotweed, HimalayanPolygonum wallichii
Knotweed, JapaneseFallopia japonica
Leek, Few-floweredAllium paradoxum
Mile-A-Minute WeedPolygonum perfoliatum
Parrot's FeatherMyriophyllum aquaticum
Pennywort, FloatingHydrocotyle ranunculoides
Reed, GiantArundo donax
Rhubarb, GiantGunnera tinctoria
SalmonberryRubus spectabilis
Salvinia, GiantSalvinia molesta
Sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides
Stonecrop, Australian swampCrassula helmsii
Water ChestnutTrapa natans
Water FernAzolla filiculoides
Water LettucePistia stratiotes
Water PrimroseLudwigia
Water SoldierStratiotes aloides
Waterlily, FringedNymphoides peltata
Waterweeds (all species)Elodea (all species)
Waterweed, CurlyLagarosiphon major
Waterweed, Large floweredEgeria densa

(5) In Part 2 omit the following entries—

Common nameScientific name
KnotweedReynoutria sachalinensis
Knotweed, JapaneseReynoutria japonica

(6) After the Note at the end of the Schedule insert— “ Note 2. In this Schedule “territorial waters” means the territorial waters adjacent to Northern Ireland. ”.