Part I Wildlife
Miscellaneous
F114AB
Contravention of emergency measures
1
Section (2) applies where regulations made under Article 10 of the Invasive Alien Species Regulation (emergency measures) provide that a restriction set out in one of the following paragraphs of Article 7(1) of that Regulation applies to a species specified in those regulations as it applies to an invasive alien species—
a
paragraph (b) (keeping, including in contained holding),
b
paragraph (c) (breeding, including in contained holding),
c
paragraph (d) (transporting to, from or within Scotland, except for the transportation of species to facilities in the context of eradication),
d
paragraph (e) (placing on the market),
e
paragraph (f) (using or exchanging),
f
paragraph (g) (permitting to reproduce, growing or cultivating, including in contained holding),
g
paragraph (h) (releasing into the environment).
2
A person commits an offence under this section if—
a
the person contravenes a paragraph of Article 7(1) of the Invasive Alien Species Regulation in relation to a species specified in regulations made under Article 10 of the Invasive Alien Species Regulation (emergency measures), and
b
the activity which constitutes that contravention does not constitute an offence under section 14, 14ZC or 14A.
3
Subsections (3) to (5) of section 14AA apply in relation to any contravention of the restriction in relation to a species mentioned in subsection (2)(a) as they apply in relation to a contravention of the corresponding restriction in relation to an invasive alien species.