http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2012/2941/article/2/madeThe Spring Traps Approval (Wales) Order 2012Rodent controlRoads and highwaysMotor industryKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2019-09-17ANIMALS, WALES Under section 8 of the Pests Act 1954, it is an offence to use or knowingly permit the use of any spring trap other than a trap that has been approved by Order. 2 1 For the purposes of section 8(3) of the Pests Act 1954, the following spring traps are approved, namely— a any spring trap— i of a type and make specified in any entry in column (1) of the Schedule; and ii which is or was manufactured by or under authority of the person or company specified in that entry; and b any spring trap which is equivalent in all relevant respects to a spring trap of a type and make specified in any entry in column (1) of the Schedule. 2 The approvals given by paragraph (1) of this article relating to any spring trap specified in any entry in column (1) of the Schedule, and to any spring trap equivalent in all relevant respects to a spring trap so specified, are subject to the conditions as to the animals for which and the circumstances in which the spring trap may be used specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the Schedule. 3 For the purposes of this Order, a spring trap is equivalent in all relevant respects to a spring trap of a type and make specified in the Schedule if it corresponds to the spring trap so specified in construction, in materials, in impact force or momentum, and in all other respects which are relevant to its effect or manner of operation as a trap.