The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 5) (England) Order 2008

• Citation: S.I. 2008/431
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) This Order may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 5) (England) Order 2008.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 6 th April 2008.

(3) This Order extends to England and Wales only .

Section 2 Variation of Schedule 5

In Schedule 5 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (animals which are protected)—

(a) insert the entries listed in the Schedule;

(b) in the entry relating to “Vole, Water”, before “in respect of section 9(4) only”, insert “in so far as this entry has effect with respect to Wales,”; and

(c) at the end of the Schedule, insert the following note—

NOTE 2. In this Schedule “excluded waters” means the part of the territorial waters adjacent to England which is more than 6 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of those waters are measured; and for these purposes “nautical miles” means international nautical miles of 1,852 metres.