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The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (England) (No. 2) Order 2021

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Variation of Schedule 9

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2.—(1) Schedule 9 (animals and plants to which section 14 applies)(1) to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 is varied as follows.

(2) In Part 1 (non-native animals which are established in the wild), after the entry for “Zander” insert—

With respect to any area in England which on 31st May 2021—

(a)

is a European site within the meaning of regulation 8 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017(2)(3), or

(b)

is within 500 metres of the boundary of a site described in paragraph (a)—

(i)

Partridge, Red-legged

(ii)

Pheasant, Common

(i)

Alectoris rufa

(ii)

Phasianus colchicus.

(1)

Schedule 9 was amended by section 24 of the Infrastructure Act 2015 and by S.I. 1992/320, 2674, 1997/226, 1999/1002, 2010/609, 2019/527, 2021/236.

(2)

S.I. 2017/1012; regulation 8 was amended by S.I. 2019/579.

(3)

These sites are listed on the on the document “A copy of the Register of European sites, which is maintained by the Secretary State in relation to European sites in England by virtue of regulation 17(1)(a) of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, as at 31st May 2021”, accessible at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/copy-of-register-of-european-sites-in-england-as-at-31-may-2021. Printed copies of this document can be requested from the offices of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs at 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF.

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