Scottish Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 173
Wildlife
The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Exceptions to section 14) (Scotland) Order 2012
Made 30th May 2012
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 31st May 2012
Coming into force 2nd July 2012

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 14(2B) and (2D)(a), (b) and (e) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and all other powers enabling them to do so.
1981 c.69. Section 14(2B) and (2D) were inserted by the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6) (“the 2011 Act”), section 14(2).
In accordance with section 26(4A) of that Act, they have consulted Scottish Natural Heritage and any other person appearing to them to have an interest in the making of the Order.
Section 26(4A) was inserted by section 17(6)(c) of the 2011 Act.

Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Exceptions to section 14) (Scotland) Order 2012, and comes into force on 2nd July 2012.
(2) In this Order, “the 1981 Act” means the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

Disapplication of section 14(1) of the 1981 Act
2. (1) The type of animal listed in Part 1 of the Schedule is specified for the purposes of section 14(2B)(a) of the 1981 Act.
(2) The type of plant listed in column (1) (whose Latin name is listed in column (2)) of the table in Part 2 of the Schedule is specified for the purposes of section 14(2B)(b) of the 1981 Act, to the extent mentioned in column (3) of that table.
STEWART STEVENSON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
30th May 2012
SCHEDULE
Article 2

PART 1 Type of animal specified for the purposes of section 14(2B)(a) of the 1981 Act (types of animal to which section 14(1)(a)(i) does not apply)
A fish caught by rod and line, but only where the release takes place—
(a) at the same location where the fish was caught; and
(b) on the same day that the fish was caught.

PART 2 Types of plants specified for the purposes of section 14(2B)(b) of the 1981 Act (types of plants to which section 14(2) does not apply)
Common name	Latin name	Extent	
Column (1)	Column (2)		Column (3)
Ash	Fraxinus excelsior		All Scotland
Atlas cedar	Cedrus atlantica		All Scotland
Austrian pine	Pinus nigra ssp. nigra		All Scotland
Bay willow	Salix pentandra		All Scotland
Beech	Fagus sylvatica		All Scotland
Birch, specifc hybrid	Betula pendula x pubescens (B. x aurata) hybrid birch		All Scotland
Bird cherry	Prunus padus		All Scotland
Bishop pine	Pinus muricata		All Scotland
Black currant	Ribes nigrum		All Scotland
Black poplar	Populus nigra all ssp		All Scotland
Blackthorn	Prunus spinosa		All Scotland
Bugloss	Anchusa arvensis		All Scotland
Cedar-of-Lebanon	Cedrus libani		All Scotland
Charlock	Sinapis arvensis		All Scotland
Coastal redwood	Sequoia sempervirens		All Scotland
Common alder	Alnus glutinosa		All Scotland
Common elder	Sambucus nigra		All Scotland
Common frumitory	Fumaria officinalis		All Scotland
Common hawthorn	Crataegus monogyna		All Scotland
Common poppy	Papaver rhoeas		All Scotland
Corn flower	Centaurea cyanus		Mainland, Orkney and Shetland
Corn marigold	Glebionis segetum		All Scotland
Corn spurrey	Spregula arvensis		All Scotland
Corsican pine	Pinus nigra ssp. laricio		All Scotland
Crab apple	Malus sylvestris ssp sylvestris		All Scotland
Crack willow	Salix fragilis		All Scotland
Cut leaves crane’s-bill	Geranium dissectum		All Scotland
Dark leaved willow	Salix myrsinifolia		All Scotland
Deodar	Cedrus deodara		All Scotland
Dog rose	Rosa canina		All Scotland
Douglas-fir	Pseudotsuga menziesii		All Scotland
Dwarf birch	Betula nana		All Scotland
Eastern hemlock	Tsuga canadensis		All Scotland
European larch	Larix decidua		All Scotland
European silver fir	Abies alba		All Scotland
Field forget-me-not	Myosotis arvensis		All Scotland
Field maple	Acer campestre		Mainland only
Field pansy	Viola arvensis		All Scotland
Field woundwort	Stachys arvensis		Mainland, Orkney and Hebrides
Gean	Prunus avium		All Scotland
Glaucous dog rose	Rosa caesia ssp glauca		All Scotland
Goat willow (Pussy willow or Great sallow)	Salix caprea		All Scotland
Gooseberry	Ribes uva-crispa		All Scotland
Grand fir	Abies grandis		All Scotland
Grey alder	Alnus incana		All Scotland
Grey poplar	Populus x canescens		All Scotland
Guelder rose	Viburnum opulus		All Scotland
Hairy dog rose	Rosa caesia ssp caesia		All Scotland
Hedge mustard	Sisymbrium officinale		All Scotland
Holly	Ilex aquifolium		All Scotland
Hornbeam	Carpinus betulus		Mainland only
Horse chestnut	Aesculus hippocastanum		All Scotland
Hybrid aspen	Populus tremula x Populus tremuloides		All Scotland
Hybrid black poplar	Populus x canadensis		All Scotland
Hybrid larch	Larix x marschlinsii / Larix x eurolepis		All Scotland
Japanese larch	Larix kaempferi		All Scotland
Japanese red-cedar	Cryptomeria japonica		All Scotland
Large hemp-nettle	Galeopsis speciosa		All Scotland
Large-leaved lime	Tilia platyphyllos		All Scotland
Lawson cypress	Chamaecyparis lawsoniana		All Scotland
Leyland cypress	X Cupressocyparis leylandii		All Scotland
Lime	Tilia platyphyllos and Tilia x europaea (Tillia cordata x Tilia platyphyllos)		All Scotland
Lodgepole pine	Pinus contorta var.latifolia		All Scotland
Long-headed poppy	Papaver dubium		All Scotland
Macedonian pine	Pinus peuce		All Scotland
Mountain pine	Pinus mugo		All Scotland
Noble fir	Abies procera		All Scotland
Nootka cypress	Chamaecyparis nootkatensis		All Scotland
Norway maple	Acer platanoides		All Scotland
Norway spruce	Picea abies		All Scotland
Oak, specific hybrid	Quercus petraea x Quercus robur (Quercus x rosacea) hybrid oak		All Scotland
Omorika spruce	Picea omorika		All Scotland
Osier willow	Salix viminalis		All Scotland
Pacific silver fir	Abies amabilis		All Scotland
Pedunculate oak	Quercus robur		All Scotland
Petty spurge	Euphorbia peplius		All Scotland
Purple willow	Salix purpurea		All Scotland
Rauli beech	Nothofagus nervosa (= procera)		All Scotland
Red alder	Alnus rubra		All Scotland
Red oak	Quercus rubra		All Scotland
Roble beech	Nothofagus obliqua		All Scotland
Scentless mayweed	Tripleurospermum inodorum		All Scotland
Scots pine	Pinus sylvestris		All Scotland
Sessile oak	Quercus petraea		All Scotland
Sherards downy rose	Rosa sherardii		All Scotland
Silver birch	Betula pendula		All Scotland
Sitka spruce	Picea sitchensis		All Scotland
Small-leaved ime	Tilia cordata		All Scotland
Soft downy rose	Rosa mollis		All Scotland
Spindle	Euonymus europaeus		All Scotland
Sun spurge	Euphorbia helioscopia		All Scotland
Sweet briar	Rosa rubiginosa		All Scotland
Sweet chestnut	Castanea sativa		All Scotland
Sycamore	Acer pseudoplatanus		All Scotland
Tea-leaved willow	Salix phylicifolia		All Scotland
Walnut	Species of the genus Juglans		All Scotland
Weld	Reseda luteola		Mainland only
Wellingtonia	Sequoiadendron giganteum		All Scotland
Western hemlock	Tsuga heterophylla		All Scotland
Western red cedar	Thuja plicata		All Scotland
White campion	Silene latifolia		All Scotland
White poplar	Populus alba		All Scotland
White willow	Salix alba		All Scotland
Whitebeam	Sorbus aria sensu lato		Mainland only
Wych elm	Ulmus glabra		All Scotland
Yew	Taxus baccata		All Scotland
NOTE: The common name or names given in column (1) of the table are included by way of guidance only; in the event of any dispute or proceedings, the common name or names shall not be taken into account.			

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order specifies the types of animal and the types of plant to which the offence provisions in section 14(1)(a)(i) and 14(2) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (“the 1981 Act”) (as substituted by section 14(2)(a) of the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011) do not apply.
Section 14(1)(a)(i) of the 1981 Act makes it an offence for any person to release, or allow to escape from captivity, any animal to a place outwith its native range. Section 14(2B)(a) enables the Scottish Minsters to specify by order types of animals to which subsection (1)(a)(i) of section 14 does not apply. Article 2(1) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the Order lists the type of animal specified for the purpose of section 14(2B)(a) thereby taking that type of animal outwith the ambit of the offence provision in section 14(1)(a)(i) of the 1981 Act.
Section 14(2) of the 1981 Act makes it an offence for any person to plant, or otherwise cause to grow, any plant in the wild at a place outwith its native range. Section 14(2B)(b) enables the Scottish Ministers to specify, by order, types of plants to which subsection (2) does not apply. Article 2(2) of, and Part 2 of the Schedule to, the Order lists types of plants for the purpose of section 14(2B)(b) thereby taking those types of plants outwith the ambit of the offence provision in section 14(2) of the 1981 Act.