
1 
This Order may be cited as the Coypus (Prohibition on Keeping) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 1st January 1988.
2 
In this Order “coypu” means the animal of the species Myocastor coypus.
3 
The keeping within Great Britain of any coypu is prohibited.
In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 22nd November 1987.
John MacGregor
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Sanderson of Bowden
Minister of State, Scottish Office
22nd November 1987Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
26th November 1987