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F1Sch. 9A inserted (E.W.) (12.4.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), ss. 23(3), 57(4); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 3(a); S.I. 2015/990, reg. 2
6(1)An environmental authority may enter into a “species control agreement” with an owner of any premises where the authority considers that there is present on the premises—E+W
(a)an invasive non-native species, or
(b)a species of animal that is no longer normally present in Great Britain.
(2)Under a species control agreement the parties agree to the carrying out of species control operations.
(3)Before entering into a species control agreement with an owner, an environmental authority must be satisfied that—
(a)the provisions of the agreement are proportionate to the objective to be achieved, and
(b)in a case where there is more than one owner, the owner with whom the agreement is entered into is the most appropriate one.
(4)Before entering into a species control agreement relating to animals of a species that is no longer normally present in Great Britain, the environmental authority must also be satisfied that—
(a)the animals are present on the premises otherwise than under and in accordance with the terms of a licence under section 16(4)(c),
(b)the animals on the premises are having a significant adverse impact on—
(i)biodiversity,
(ii)other environmental interests, or
(iii)social or economic interests, and
(c)there is no appropriate alternative way of obviating that impact.
(5)A species control agreement may not be entered into in relation to premises consisting of a dwelling except where the environmental authority is the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers.
7(1)A species control agreement must provide for—E+W
(a)the species control operations to be carried out,
(b)the party who is to carry them out, and
(c)the time by which they are to be carried out.
(2)A species control agreement may contain such supplementary provision as the parties consider appropriate.
(3)That may include provision as to—
(a)how species control operations are to be carried out,
(b)payment to be made by either party to the other, or to another person, in respect of the species control operations to be carried out, or
(c)any species control operations that must not be carried out.
8E+WWhere an environmental authority considers that an owner of premises has complied with all the requirements in a species control agreement to carry out species control operations, the authority must give the owner notice to that effect.
9E+WAn environmental authority is not liable to a person with an interest in the premises, other than the owner with whom a species control agreement is entered into, for anything done by the authority pursuant to the agreement.]
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