The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Keeping and Release and Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012

Made: 21st June 2012

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 25th June 2012

Coming into force: 2nd July 2012

In accordance with section 26(4A) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981[^f00002], they have consulted Scottish Natural Heritage and any other person appearing to them to have an interest in the making of the Order.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Keeping and Release and Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012, and comes into force on 2ndJuly 2012.

• (2) In this Order, “the 1981 Act” means the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

Amendment of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Keeping and Release and Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2012

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• (1) The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Keeping and Release and Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2012[^f00003] is amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.

• (2) In articles 2 and 3, for “Latin” substitute “Scientific”.

• (3) For Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 1, substitute Parts 1 and 2 which are set out in the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE

Signed

RICHARD LOCHHEAD — A member of the Scottish Executive — 21st June 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Keeping and Release and Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2012 (“the 2012 Order”) which makes provision about the release of certain animals, the keeping of invasive animals and notification requirements in relation to the presence of invasive animals under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (“the 1981 Act”) as amended by the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011.

Article 2 (2) of this Order amends articles 2 and 3 of the 2012 Order so as to refer to “Scientific name” instead of “Latin name”.

Article 2 (3) of, and the Schedule to, this Order substitutes new Parts 1 and 2 into Schedule 1 to the 2012 Order. The newly substituted Part 1 amends the entry in relation to Deer so as to correctly refer to the island of Arran. In the newly substituted Part 2, a number of the entries in the table have been amended so as to correctly refer to the current nomenclature for these species. The headings in column (2) of the table in Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule1 have also been amended to refer to “Scientific name” instead of “Latin name”.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1981 c.69. Sections 14(1) and (2D) and section 14B(1), (2) and (4) were substituted by the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp6) (“the 2011 Act”), section 14(2) and (5) respectively; and section 14ZC was inserted by the 2011 Act, section 14(3).

[^f00002]: Section 26(4A) was inserted by section 17(6) of the 2011 Act.