The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Keeping and Release and Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2012
Citation, commencement and interpretation1.
(1)
This Order may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Keeping and Release and Notification Requirements) (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.
Prohibition on releasing certain animals2.
The types of animals listed in column (1) (whose F1Scientific name is listed in column (2)) of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 1 are specified for the purposes of section 14(1)(a)(ii) of the 1981 Act, to the extent mentioned in column (3) of that table.
Prohibition on keeping invasive animals3.
The types of invasive animals listed column (1) (whose F2Scientific name is listed in column (2)) of the table in Part 2 of Schedule 1 are specified for the purposes of section 14ZC(1)(a) of the 1981 Act.
F3Prohibition on keeping invasive plants3A.
The types of invasive plants listed in column (1) (whose Scientific name is listed in column (2)) of the table in Part 2A of Schedule 1 are specified for the purposes of section 14ZC(1)(b) of the 1981 Act.
Notification requirements in relation to the presence of invasive animals4.
Where an occupier of land is, or becomes, aware of the presence of an invasive animal of a type listed in Part 3 of Schedule 1, that person must notify Scottish Natural Heritage without delay.
Revocation5.
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
SCHEDULE 1
F4PART 1Types of animals specified for the purposes of section 14(1)(a)(ii) of the 1981 Act (types of animal which it is an offence for a person to release or allow to escape from captivity)
Common name Column (1) | Scientific name Column (2) | Extent Column (3) |
|---|---|---|
Deer | All species of the genus Cervus | Outer Hebrides and the islands of Arran (including Holy Island), Islay, Jura and Rum |
PART 2Types of invasive animals specified for the purposes of section 14ZC(1)(a) of the 1981 Act (types of animal which it is an offence for a person to keep, have in their possession or have under their control)
Common name Column (1) | Scientific name Column (2) |
|---|---|
F5American bullfrog | F5Lithobates catesbeianus |
F5Asian hornet | F5Vespa velutina nigrithorax |
Asp | Aspius aspius |
Barbel | species of the genus Barbus (excluding Barbus barbus) |
Bass (excluding sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax) | Micropterus salmoides; Micropterus dolomieu; Ambloplites rupestris; and species of the genus Morone |
Bighead carp | Hypophthalmichthys nobilis |
Bitterling | Rhodeus sericeus/Rhodeus amarus |
Blacknose dace | Rhinichthys atratulus |
Blageon | Telestes souffia |
Blue bream | Ballerus ballerus |
Blue sucker | Cycleptus elongatus |
Burbot | Lota lota |
Catfish | species of the genera Ictalurus, Ameiurus and Silurus |
Charr | species of the genus Salvelinus (excluding Salvelinus alpinus) |
Chinese black or snail-eating carp | Mylopharyngodon piceus |
F5Chinese mitten crab | F5Eriocheir sinensis |
Chinese sucker (also known as Zebra hi fin, banded shark/sucker) | Myxocyprinus asiaticus |
Common white sucker | Catostomus commersonii |
Coypu | Myocastor coypus |
Crayfish | freshwater decapod crustacean of the Families Astacidae, Cambaridae or Parastacidae, (excluding Austropotamobius pallipes) |
Danubian bleak | Alburnus chalcoides |
Danubian salmon & Taimen | species of the genus Hucho |
Eastern mudminnow | Umbra pygmaea |
F5Egyptian goose | F5Alopochen aegyptiacus |
European mudminnow | Umbra krameri |
Fathead minnow (or Roseyreds) | Pimephales promelas |
F5Fox squirrel | F5Sciurus niger |
Freshwater minnow, Dragon fish or Pale chub | Zacco platypus |
Grass carp | Ctenopharyngodon idella |
Grey squirrel | Sciurus carolinensis |
F5Indian house crow | F5Corvus splendens |
Landlocked salmon | non anadromous varieties of the species Salmo salar |
Marbled trout | Salmo marmoratus |
Mink | Mustela vison |
Muntjac | Species of genus Muntiacus |
Muskrat | Ondatra zibethica |
Nase | Chondrostoma nasus |
Northern redbelly dace | Chrosomus eos |
Pacific salmon and trout | species of the genus Oncorhynchus (excluding Oncorhynchus mykiss |
Paddlefish | species of the genera Polyodon and Psephurus |
F5Pallas’ squirrel | F5Callosciurus erythraeus |
Perch | species of the genus Perca (excluding Perca fluviatilis) |
Pike | species of the genus Esox (excluding Esox lucius) |
Pikeperch | Sanderlucioperca |
Rabbit (excluding European rabbit) | species of the genera Bunolagus, Brachylagus, Nesolagus, Pentalagus, Poelagus, Romerolagus and Sylvilagus |
F5Raccoon | F5Procyon lotor |
F5Raccoon dog | F5Nyctereutes procyonoides |
Red shiner | Cyprinella lutrensis |
F5Ruddy duck | F5Oxyura jamaicensis |
Ruffe | Gymnocephalus cernua |
F5Sacred ibis | F5Threskiornis aethiopicus |
Schneider | Alburnoides bipunctatus |
F5Siberian chipmunk | F5Tamias sibiricus |
Silver carp | Hypophthalmichthys molitrix |
Snakehead | species of the genus Channa |
Southern redbelly dace | Chrosomus erythrogaster |
Sturgeon or sterlet | species of the genera Acipenser, Huso, Pseudoscaphirhynchus and Scaphirhynchus |
Sunbleak (Sundace), also known as Belica or Motherless minnow | Leucaspius delineatus |
Sunfish, including pumpkinseed (also Basses, Crappies & Bluegills) | species of the genus Lepomis |
Topmouth gudgeon | Pseudorasbora parva |
Toxostome (or French nase) | Parachondrostoma toxostoma |
Vimba | Vimba vimba |
Weatherfish | Misgurnus fossilis |
Whitefish | species of the genus Coregonus (excluding Coregonus lavaretus and Coregonus albula) |
F6PART 2ATypes of invasive plants specified for the purposes of section 14ZC(1)(b) of the 1981 Act (types of plant which it is an offence for a person to keep, have in their possession or have under their control)
Common name | Scientific name |
|---|---|
Column (1) | Column (2) |
American skunk-cabbage | Lysichiton americanus |
Curly waterweed | Lagarosiphon major |
Floating pennywort | Hydrocotyle ranunculoides |
Floating primrose-willow | Ludwigia peploides |
Giant hogweed | Heracleum mantegazzianum |
Giant-rhubarb | Gunnera tinctoria |
Indian balsam | Impatiens glandulifera |
Japanese stiltgrass | Microstegium vimineum |
Nuttall’s waterweed | Elodea nuttallii |
Parrot’s feather | Myriophyllum aquaticum |
Persian hogweed | Heracleum persicum |
Sosnowsky’s hogweed | Heracleum sosnowskyi |
Various-leaved water-milfoil | Myriophyllum heterophyllum |
Water primrose | Ludwigia grandiflora |
PART 3Types of invasive animals which require notification under article 4 of this Order
Common name Column (1) | Scientific name Column (2) |
|---|---|
Coypu | Myocastor coypus |
Muntjac | Species of genus Muntiacus |
Muskrat | Ondatra zibethica |
Rabbit (excluding European rabbit) | Species of the genara Bunolagus, Brachylagus, Nesolagus, Pentalagus, Poelagus, Romerolagus and Sylvilagus |
NOTE: The common name or names given in Column (1) of the tables in Parts 1, 2 and 3 of this Schedule 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.
SCHEDULE 2REVOCATIONS
Regulations revoked | Reference |
|---|---|
The Musk Rats (Prohibition of Importation and Keeping) Order 1933 | |
The Grey Squirrels (Prohibition of Importation and Keeping) Order 1937 | |
The Non-Indigenous Rabbits (Prohibition of Importation and Keeping) Order 1954 | |
The Mink (Keeping) Regulations 1975 | |
The Mink (Keeping) (Amendment) Regulations 1977 | |
The Mink (Keeping) (Amendment) Regulations 1979 | |
The Mink (Keeping) (Amendment) Regulations 1982 | |
The Coypus (Prohibition on Keeping) Order 1987 | |
The Mink (Keeping) (Amendment) Regulations 1987 | |
The Coypus (Special Licence) (Fees) Regulations 1997 | |
The Mink (Keeping) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 | |
The Mink Keeping (Scotland) Order 2000 | |
The Mink Keeping (Scotland) Order 2003 | |
The Prohibition of Keeping or Release of Live Fish (Specified Species) (Scotland) Order 2003 | |
The Muntjac Keeping (Scotland) Regulations 2011 | |
The Muntjac Keeping (Scotland) Order 2011 |
This Order makes provision about the release of certain animals, the keeping of invasive animals and notification requirements in relation to the presence of invasive animals under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (“the 1981 Act”) as amended by the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011.
Section 14(1)(a)(ii) of the 1981 Act makes it an offence for any person to release, or allow to escape from captivity, any animal of a type specified by the Scottish Ministers by Order. Article 2 and Part 1 of Schedule 1 specifies the types of animals which it is an offence for a person to release or allow to escape from captivity and the extent to which the prohibition applies.
Section 14ZC(1)(a) of the 1981 Act makes it an offence for any person to keep, have in the person’s possession, or have under the person’s control any invasive animal of a type which the Scottish Ministers specify by Order. Article 3 and Part 2 of Schedule 1 specifies the types of invasive animals which it is an offence for a person to keep, have in their possession or have under their control.
Section 14B(1)(a) enables the Scottish Ministers to make provision about the notification of the presence of invasive animals at any specified place outwith their native range where persons are, or become, aware of the presence of such animals or plants. Article 4 and Part 3 of Schedule 1 make provision about notification and that such notification requires be made to Scottish Natural Heritage without delay.
Article 5 and Schedule 2 revoke the enactments governing the keeping and release of certain animals which this Order replaces, subject to article 3 of the Wildlife and Natural Environment Act 2011 (Commencement No. 4, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Order 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/175 (C. 16)).