
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Keeping and Release and Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2012, and comes into force on 2nd July 2012.
(2) In this Order, “the 1981 Act” means the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
2 
The types of animals listed in column (1) (whose Latin name is listed in column (2)) of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 1 are specified for the purposes of section 14(1)(a)(ii) of the 1981 Act, to the extent mentioned in column (3) of that table.
3 
The types of invasive animals listed column (1) (whose Latin name is listed in column (2)) of the table in Part 2 of Schedule 1 are specified for the purposes of section 14ZC(1)(a) of the 1981 Act.
4 
Where an occupier of land is, or becomes, aware of the presence of an invasive animal of a type listed in Part 3 of Schedule 1, that person must notify Scottish Natural Heritage without delay.
5 
Subject to article 3 (savings) of the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 4, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Order 2012, the enactments listed in Schedule 2 are revoked.
STEWART STEVENSON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
30th May 2012
SCHEDULE 1
Articles 2, 3 and 4
PART 1

Common nameColumn (1) Latin nameColumn (2) ExtentColumn (3)
Deer All species of the genus Cervus Outer Hebrides and the islands of Aaran (including Holy Island), Islay, Jura and Rum
PART 2

Common nameColumn (1) Latin nameColumn (2)
Asp Aspius aspius
Barbel species of the genus Barbus (excluding Barbus barbus)
Bass (excluding sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax) Micropterus salmoides; Micropterus dolomieu; Ambloplites rupestris; and species of the genus Morone
Bighead carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Blacknose dace Rhinichthys atratulus
Blageon Leuciscus souffia
Blue bream Ballerus ballerus
Blue sucker Cycleptus elongatus
Burbot Lota lota
Catfish species of the genera Ictalurus, Ameiurus and Silurus
Charr species of the genus Salvelinus (excluding Salvelinus alpinus)
Chinese black or snail-eating carp Mylopharyngodon piceus
Chinese sucker (also known as Zebra hi fin, banded shark/sucker) Myxocyprinus asiaticus
Coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch
Common white sucker Catostomus commersoni
Coypu Myocastor coypus
Crayfish freshwater decapod crustacean of the Families Astacidae, Cambaridae or Parastacidae, (excluding Austropotamobius pallipes)
Danubian bleak Chalcalburnus chalcoides
Danubian salmon & Taimen species of the genus Hucho
Eastern mudminnow Umbra pygmaea
European bitterling Rhodeus sericeus
European mudminnow Umbra krameri
Fathead minnow (or Roseyreds) Pimephales promelas
Freshwater minnow, Dragon fish or Pale chub Zacco platypus
Grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella
Grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
Landlocked salmon non anadromous varieties of the species Salmo salar
Marbled trout Salmo marmoratus
Mink Mustela vison
Muntjac Species of genus Muntiacus
Muskrat Ondatra zibethica
Nase Chondrostoma nasus
Northern redbelly dace (common minnow) Phoxinus/Chrosomus eos
Pacific salmon and trout species of the genus Oncorhynchus (excluding Oncorhynchus mykiss and Oncorhynchus kisutch)
Paddlefish species of the genera Polyodon and Psephurus
Perch species of the genus Perca (excluding Perca fluviatilis)
Pike species of the genus Esox (excluding Esox lucius)
Pikeperch species of the genus Stizostedionlucioperca
Rabbit (excluding European rabbit) Species of the genara Bunolagus, Brachylagus, Nesolagus, Pentalagus, Poelagus, Romerolagus and Sylvilagus
Red shiner Cyprinella/Notropis lutrensis
Ruffe Gymnocephalus cernuus
Schneider Alburnoides bipunctatus
Silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Snakehead species of the genus Channa
Southern redbelly dace (common minnow) Phoxinus/Chrosomus erythrogaster
Sturgeon or sterlet species of the genera Acipenser, Huso, Pseudoscaphirhynchus and Scaphirhynchus
Sunbleak (Sundace), also known as Belica or Motherless minnow Leucaspius delineatus
Sunfish, including pumpkinseed (also Basses, Crappies & Bluegills) species of the genus Lepomis
Topmouth gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva
Toxostome (or French nase) Chondrostoma toxostoma
Vimba Vimba vimba
Weatherfish Misgurnus fossilis
Whitefish species of the genus Coregonus (excluding Coregonus lavaretus and Coregonus albula)
PART 3

Common nameColumn (1) Scientific nameColumn (2)
Coypu Myocastor coypus
Muntjac Species of genus Muntiacus
Muskrat Ondatra zibethica
Rabbit (excluding European rabbit) Species of the genara Bunolagus, Brachylagus, Nesolagus, Pentalagus, Poelagus, Romerolagus and Sylvilagus
NOTE: The common name or names given in Column (1) of the tables in Parts 1, 2 and 3 of this Schedule are included by way of guidance only; in the event of any dispute or proceedings, the common name or names shall not be taken into account.

SCHEDULE 2
Article 5


Regulations revoked Reference
The Musk Rats (Prohibition of Importation and Keeping) Order 1933 S.I. 1933/106
The Grey Squirrels (Prohibition of Importation and Keeping) Order 1937 S.I. 1937/478
The Non-Indigenous Rabbits (Prohibition of Importation and Keeping) Order 1954 S.I. 1954/927
The Mink (Keeping) Regulations 1975 S.I. 1975/2223
The Mink (Keeping) (Amendment) Regulations 1977 S.I. 1977/2122
The Mink (Keeping) (Amendment) Regulations 1979 S.I. 1979/1669
The Mink (Keeping) (Amendment) Regulations 1982 S.I. 1982/1883
The Coypus (Prohibition on Keeping) Order 1987 S.I. 1987/2195
The Mink (Keeping) (Amendment) Regulations 1987 S.I. 1987/2225
The Coypus (Special Licence) (Fees) Regulations 1997 S.I. 1997/2751
The Mink (Keeping) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 S.I. 1997/2750
The Mink Keeping (Scotland) Order 2000 S.S.I. 2000/400
The Mink Keeping (Scotland) Order 2003 S.S.I. 2003/528
The Prohibition of Keeping or Release of Live Fish (Specified Species) (Scotland) Order 2003 S.S.I. 2003/560
The Muntjac Keeping (Scotland) Regulations 2011 S.S.I. 2011/63
The Muntjac Keeping (Scotland) Order 2011 S.S.I. 2011/172