SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 12Amendments relating to Part I of Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

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In section 24(2) of the [1984 c. 60.] Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (arrestable offences), after paragraph (r) there is inserted—

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an offence under section 1(1) or (2) or 6 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (taking, possessing, selling etc. of wild birds) in respect of a bird included in Schedule 1 to that Act or any part of, or anything derived from, such a bird;

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an offence under any of the following provisions of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981—

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section 1(5) (disturbance of wild birds),

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section 9 or 13(1)(a) or (2) (taking, possessing, selling etc. of wild animals or plants),

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section 14 (introduction of new species etc.).