[F114AB.SContravention 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.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 14AB inserted (S.) (31.12.2020) by The Invasive Non-native Species (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/473), regs. 1(1), 10(3)