PART 2Offences
Import, keeping, breeding, purchase, release etc. of invasive alien speciesI13
1
A person who contravenes a provision of the Principal Regulation specified in Table 1 of Schedule 1 is guilty of an offence.
2
A person who releases or allows to escape into the wild any specimen which is of a species of animal which—
a
is not ordinarily resident in and is not a regular visitor to Great Britain in a wild state, or
b
is included in Part 1 of Schedule 2,
is guilty of an offence.
3
A person who plants or otherwise causes to grow in the wild any specimen which is of a species of plant which is included in Part 2 of Schedule 2 is guilty of an offence.
4
A person who—
a
sells, offers or exposes for sale, or has in his possession or transports for the purposes of sale, any specimen of a species included in Part 3 of Schedule 2, or
b
publishes or causes to be published any advertisement likely to be understood as conveying that he buys or sells, or intends to buy or sell, any specimen of a species included in Part 3 of Schedule 2,
is guilty of an offence.
5
A person may not by reason of the same act be convicted of both—
a
an offence under paragraph (1); and
b
an offence under paragraph (2), (3) or (4).
6
The power to make an order under section 14ZA(3)(b) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (sale of invasive non-native species) M1 applies for the purposes of enabling the Secretary of State, or (in relation to Wales) the Welsh Ministers, to add to or remove from Part 3 of Schedule 2 any species of animal or plant as it applies for the purposes of enabling animals or plants to be prescribed for the purposes of section 14ZA of that Act.