The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (Wales) Order 2015

Made: 16 April 2015

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales: 20 April 2015

Coming into force: 11 May 2015

In accordance with the requirements of section 26(4) of that Act, the Welsh Ministers— have given any local authority affected and any other person affected an opportunity to submit objections or representations with respect to the subject matter of this Order; and have consulted with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, being the advisory body[^f00003] the Welsh Ministers considered was best able to advise them as to whether this Order should be made.

have given any local authority affected and any other person affected an opportunity to submit objections or representations with respect to the subject matter of this Order; and

have consulted with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, being the advisory body[^f00003] the Welsh Ministers considered was best able to advise them as to whether this Order should be made.

Title and commencement

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• (1) The title of this Order is the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (Wales) Order 2015.

• (2) This Order comes into force on 11 May 2015.

Variation of Schedule 9

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In Part 1B of Schedule 9 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (animals no longer normally present)[^f00004], in the entry relating to “Beaver, Eurasian” omit “(but not in relation to Wales)”.

Signed

Carl Sargeant — Minister for Natural Resources, one of the Welsh Ministers — 16 April 2015

Editorial notes

[^key-cb5dfccee6309e7a5495ac9977ae13a6]: Art. 1 in force at 11.5.2015, see art. 1(2)

[^key-88daf323ad1f200790bfab01f3ca9de2]: Art. 2 in force at 11.5.2015, see art. 1(2)

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order, which applies in relation to Wales, varies Part 1B of Schedule 9 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69) (“the Act”), which lists animals no longer normally present in Great Britain which may not be released or allowed to escape into the wild.

Article 2 of this Order adds the Eurasian Beaver to Part 1B of Schedule 9 to the Act in relation to Wales (the Eurasian Beaver is currently included only in relation to England).

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order. A copy can be obtained from the Welsh Government (Land, Nature and Forestry Division), Rhodfa Padarn, Llanbadarn Fawr, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3UR.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1981 c. 69. Section 22(5)(a) was amended by section 25 of the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7).

[^f00002]: The functions of the Secretary of State under section 22(5)(a) were, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) and were subsequently transferred to the Welsh Ministers by section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).

[^f00003]: For the definition of “advisory body” see sections 23(3) and 27(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

[^f00004]: Part 1B of Schedule 9 was inserted by section 24(5) of the Infrastructure Act 2015.