The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

Made: 7th March 2019

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 8th March 2019

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1(1) and (3) of schedule 2 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018[^f00001] and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 and come into force on exit day.

Amendment of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

2

In section 27(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981[^f00002], in the definition of “wild bird”, after “visitor to” insert “the United Kingdom or”.

Signed

ROSEANNA CUNNINGHAM — A member of the Scottish Government — 7th March 2019

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1(1) and (3) of schedule 2 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. Regulation 2 amends the definition of “wild bird” in section 27(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to address a deficiency arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2018 c.16.

[^f00002]: 1981 c.69. The definition of “wild bird” in section 27(1), as it extends to Scotland, was amended by paragraph 23 of schedule 6 of the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 6) and section 2 of the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6).