The Humane Trapping Standards (England and Wales) Regulations 2019
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King's Printer of Acts of Parliament
2019-11-13
WILDLIFE, ENGLAND AND WALES
These Regulations amend the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69) (“the Act”) in order further to implement in England and Wales requirements contained in the Agreement on international humane trapping standards between the European Community, Canada and the Russian Federation, which was approved by the European Community in Council Decision 98/142/EC (OJ No. L 42, 14.2.98, p.40).
Amendment of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 19812
After section 16(3) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 19813 insert—
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Subsection (3)(c), so far as relating to section 11(2)4 in its application to mustela erminea (stoat, otherwise known as ermine), is to be read as if the reference to wild animals included wild birds.