2012 No. 173

Wildlife

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Exceptions to section 14) (Scotland) Order 2012

Made30th May 2012

Laid before the Scottish Parliament31st May 2012

Coming into force2nd 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 19811, and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 26(4A)2 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.

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(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 Act2.

(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 F1(type of animal to which subsection (1)(a)(i) does not apply).

(2)

The type of plant listed in column (1) (whose F2Scientific 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 1Type 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.

F3PART 2Types 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	Scientific name
Column (1)	Column (2)	Column (3)
Alder	Alnus glutinosa	All Scotland
Ash	Fraxinus excelsior	All Scotland
Atlas cedar	Cedrus atlantica	All Scotland
Austrian pine	Pinus nigra subsp. nigra	All Scotland
Bay willow	Salix pentandra	All Scotland
Beech	Fagus sylvatica	All Scotland
Birch, specific hybrid	Betula pendula x pubescens = B. x aurata	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 subsp.	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 fumitory	Fumaria officinalis	All Scotland
Common poppy	Papaver rhoeas	All Scotland
Corn marigold	Glebionis segetum	All Scotland
Corn spurrey	Spergula arvensis	All Scotland
Cornflower	Centaurea cyanus	Mainland, Orkney and Shetland
Corsican pine	Pinus nigra subsp. laricio	All Scotland
Crab apple	Malus sylvestris	All Scotland
Crack willow	Salix fragilis	All Scotland
Cut-leaved 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
Elder	Sambucus nigra	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 subsp. vosagiaca	All Scotland
Goat willow	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 alba x tremula = P. x canescens	All Scotland
Guelder rose	Viburnum opulus	All Scotland
Hairy dog rose	Rosa caesia subsp. caesia	All Scotland
Hawthorn	Crataegus monogyna	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 tremuloides	All Scotland
Hybrid black poplar	Populus nigra x deltoides = P. x canadensis	All Scotland
Hybrid larch	Larix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii	All Scotland
Japanese larch	Larix kaempferi	All Scotland
Japanese red cedar	Cryptomeria japonica	All Scotland
Large-flowered hemp-nettle	Galeopsis speciosa	All Scotland
Large-leaved lime	Tilia platyphyllos	All Scotland
Lawson’s cypress	Chamaecyparis lawsoniana	All Scotland
Leyland cypress	Cupressus macrocarpa x Xanthocyparis nootkatensis = X Cuprocyparis leylandii	All Scotland
Lime	Tilia platyphyllos x cordata = T. x europaea	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	Xanthocyparis nootkatensis	All Scotland
Norway maple	Acer platanoides	All Scotland
Norway spruce	Picea abies	All Scotland
Oak, specific hybrid	Quercus petraea x robur = Q. x rosacea	All Scotland
Osier willow	Salix viminalis	All Scotland
Pacific silver fir	Abies amabilis	All Scotland
Pedunculate oak	Quercus robur	All Scotland
Petty spurge	Euphorbia peplus	All Scotland
Purple willow	Salix purpurea	All Scotland
Rauli beech	Nothofagus alpina	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
Serbian spruce	Picea omorika	All Scotland
Sessile oak	Quercus petraea	All Scotland
Sherard’s downy rose	Rosa sherardii	All Scotland
Silver birch	Betula pendula	All Scotland
Sitka spruce	Picea sitchensis	All Scotland
Small-leaved lime	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 agg.	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.