PART 4

Environmental control of animal and plant species

Native and non-native species etc
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1
Schedule 9 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (animals and plants to which section 14 of that Act applies) is amended as follows.
2
In the heading to Part I, at the beginning insert “ NON-NATIVE ”.
3
In Part I, omit the entries relating to the wild boar, capercaillie, chough, corncrake, common crane, white-tailed eagle, goshawk, red kite and barn owl.
4
After Part I insert—
PART IA

NATIVE ANIMALS
NOTE. The common name or names given in the first column 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.
Common name | Scientific name
Capercaillie | Tetrao urogallus
Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Corncrake | Crex crex
Crane, Common | Grus grus
Eagle, White-tailed | Haliaetus albicilla
Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis
Kite, Red | Milvus milvus
Owl, Barn | Tyto alba.
5
After Part IA (as inserted by subsection (4) above) insert—
PART IB

ANIMALS NO LONGER NORMALLY PRESENT
NOTE. The common name or names given in the first column 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.
Common name | Scientific name
Beaver, Eurasian (but not in relation to Wales) | Castor fiber
Boar, Wild | Sus Scrofa.
S. 24 in force at 5.3.2015 for E. by S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(b)
S. 24 in force at 12.4.2015 for W. by S.I. 2015/990, reg. 2