http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/527/part/8/2020-12-31The Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) Order 2019texttext/xmlenWILDLIFEStatute Law Database2024-06-24Expert Participation2020-12-31 This Order gives effect to Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species (OJ No. L317, 4.11.2014, p.35) (the Principal Regulation). PART 8LicencesLicences for activities relating to invasive alien species361Subject to the provisions of this article, the licensing authority may grant a licence for the purposes specified in paragraph (2).2The purposes are—aimplementation of an eradication measure pursuant to Article 17 of the Principal Regulation (rapid eradication at an early stage of invasion);bimplementation of a management measure pursuant to Article 19 of the Principal Regulation (management measures);cthe commercial use, on a temporary basis, of an invasive alien species as part of a management measure pursuant to Article 19(2) of the Principal Regulation (commercial use of invasive alien species which are already established); ordthe keeping of an animal by a facility (including any necessary ancillary activities such as transportation) until the end of its natural life in accordance with Article 31(4) of the Principal Regulation (transitional provisions for non-commercial owners).3A licence under this article may only be granted to such persons as are named in the licence.4A licence under this article must specify—athe invasive alien species to which the licence relates;bwhere the licensing authority considers it appropriate, the number or volume of specimens to which the licence relates;cthe conditions subject to which the action authorised by the licence may be taken and in particular—ithe methods, means and arrangements by which the action authorised by the licence may be taken;iithe area or areas within which the action authorised by the licence may be taken;iiiwhen or over what period the action authorised by the licence may be taken; andivany other conditions that the licensing authority considers are appropriate.5The licensing authority must not grant a licence under this article unless satisfied—ain relation to a licence for a purpose mentioned in paragraph (2)(a), that the licence is subject to such conditions as are, in the opinion of the licensing authority, necessary to meet the aim of ensuring that the eradication plan to which the licence relates will be effective in achieving the complete and permanent removal of the population of the invasive alien species concerned;bin relation to a licence for a purpose mentioned in paragraph (2)(c), that there is strict justification and that all appropriate controls are in place to avoid any further spread of the invasive alien species concerned;cin relation to a licence for a purpose mentioned in paragraph (2)(d), that all appropriate controls are in place to ensure that reproduction or escape of the animal to which the licence relates is not possible.6A licence may be modified, suspended, or revoked at any time by the licensing authority, but is otherwise valid for the period stated in the licence.Art. 36 in force at 1.12.2019, see art. 1(1)
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