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The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules) Order 1988

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Variation of Schedule 5

2.—(1) The following animals are hereby added to Schedule 5 to the Act:

Common NameScientific Name
Anemone, Ivell’s SeaEdwardsia ivelli
Anemone, Startlet SeaNematosella vectensis
ApusTriops cancriformis
Beetle, Violet ClickLimoniscus violaceus
Cat, WildFelis silvestris
Cicada, New ForestCicadetta montana
DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Leech, MedicinalHirudo medicinalis
Marten, PineMartes martes
Mat, Trembling SeaVictorella pavida
Moth, Viper’s BuglossHadena irregularis
Sandworm, LagoonArmandia cirrhosa
Shrimp, FairyChirocephalus diaphanus
Shrimp, Lagoon SandGammarus insensibilis
Turtles, Marine (all species)Dermochelyidae and Cheloniidae
VendaceCoregonus albula
WalrusOdobenus rosmarus
Whale (all species)Cetacea
WhitefishCoregonus lavaretus

(2) All Dolphins (Cetacea) and all Porpoises (Cetacea) not already listed in Schedule 5 to the Act are hereby added to that Schedule.

(3) The Atlantic Stream Crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) is hereby added to Schedule 5 to the Act, but only in respect of section 9(1) so far as it relates to taking and in respect of section 9(5).

(4) The Viviparous Lizard (Lacerta vivipara), the Slow-worm (Anguis fragilis) and the Grass Snake (Natrix helvetica otherwise known as Natrix natrix) (which are already listed in Schedule 5 to the Act in respect of section 9(5) only) are hereby further listed in respect of section 9(1) so far as it relates to killing and injuring.

(5) The Carthusian Snail (Monacha cartusiana) and the Chequered Skipper butterfly (Carterocephalus palaemon) are hereby removed from Schedule 5 to the Act.

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