The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (England and Wales) Order 2010

Variation of Schedule 9 E+W

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) Add the following animals to Part 1 (animals which are established in the wild) —

Common name	Scientific name
Boar, Wild	Sus scrofa
Chough	Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Corncrake	Crex crex
Crab, Chinese Mitten	Eriocheir sinensis
Crane, Common	Grus grus
Crayfish, Red Swamp	Procambarus clarkii
Crayfish, Spiny-cheek	Orconectes limosus
Deer, Chinese Water	Hydropotes inermis
Flatworm	Kontikia andersoni
Flatworm	Kontikia ventrolineata
Flatworm, Australian	Australoplana sanguinea
Goose, Bar-headed	Anser indicus
Goose, Barnacle	Branta leucopsis
Goose, Emperor	Anser canagicus
Goose, Snow	Anser caerulescens
Goshawk	Accipiter gentilis
Kite, Red	Milvus milvus
Limpet, Slipper	Crepidula fornicata
Owl, Eagle	Bubo bubo
Oyster Drill, American	Urosalpinx cinerea
Parakeet, Monk	Myiopsitta monachus
Pochard, Red-crested	Netta rufina
Shelduck, Ruddy	Tadorna ferruginea
Swan, Black	Cygnus atratus.

(3) Remove the following animals from Part 1 —

Common name	Scientific name
Budgerigar	Melopsittacus undulatus
Coypu	Myocastor coypus
With respect to the Outer Hebrides and the islands of Arran, Islay, Jura and Rum —   (a) Deer, Cervus (all species)   (b) Deer, any hybrid one of whose parents or     other lineal ancestor was a species of     Cervus Deer	Cervus Any hybrid of the genus Cervus
Gerbil, Mongolian	Meriones unguiculatus
Porcupine, Crested	Hystrix cristata
Porcupine, Himalayan	Hystrix hodgsonii
Quail, Bobwhite	Colinus virginianus.

(4) Add the following plants to Part 2 (plants) —

Common name	Scientific name
Alexanders, Perfoliate	Smyrnium perfoliatum
Algae, Red	Grateloupia luxurians
Archangel, Variegated Yellow	Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
Azalea, Yellow	Rhododendron luteum
Balsam, Himalayan	Impatiens glandulifera
Cotoneaster	Cotoneaster horizontalis
Cotoneaster, Entire-leaved	Cotoneaster integrifolius
Cotoneaster, Himalayan	Cotoneaster simonsii
Cotoneaster, Hollyberry	Cotoneaster bullatus
Cotoneaster, Small-leaved	Cotoneaster microphyllus
Creeper, False Virginia	Parthenocissus inserta
Creeper, Virginia	Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Dewplant, Purple	Disphyma crassifolium
Fanwort (otherwise known as Carolina Water-Shield)	Cabomba caroliniana
Fern, Water	Azolla filiculoides
Fig, Hottentot	Carpobrotus edulis
Garlic, Three-cornered	Allium triquetrum
Hyacinth, Water	Eichhornia crassipes
Knotweed, Giant	Fallopia sachalinensis
Knotweed, Hybrid	Fallopia japonica x Fallopia sachalinensis
Knotweed, Japanese	Fallopia japonica
Leek, Few-flowered	Allium paradoxum
Lettuce, Water	Pistia stratiotes
Montbretia	Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora
Parrot’s Feather	Myriophyllum aquaticum
Pennywort, Floating	Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
Potato, Duck	Sagittaria latifolia
Primrose, Floating Water	Ludwigia peploides
Primrose, Water	Ludwigia grandiflora
Primrose, Water	Ludwigia uruguayensis
Rhododendron	Rhododendron ponticum
Rhododendron	Rhododendron ponticum x Rhododendron maximum
Rhubarb, Giant	Gunnera tinctoria
Rose, Japanese	Rosa rugosa
Salvinia, Giant	Salvinia molesta
Seafingers, Green	Codium fragile
Stonecrop, Australian Swamp (otherwise known as New Zealand Pygmyweed)	Crassula helmsii
Waterweed, Curly	Lagarosiphon major
Waterweeds	All species of the genus Elodea.

(5) Remove the following plants from Part 2 —

Common name	Scientific name
Knotweed, Japanese	Polygonum cuspidatum
Seafingers, Green	Codium fragile tomentosoides.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 2 in force at 6.4.2010, see art. 1(b)

(1)

As previously varied by S.I. 1992/320, 2674, 1997/226, 1999/1002.