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(1) This Order may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Prohibition on Sale etc. of Invasive Animal and Plant Species) (Scotland) Order 2019 and comes into force on 1 April 2019.
(2) In this Order, “the 1981 Act” means the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
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The types of invasive animals and plants listed in column (1) of the table in the schedule (whose Scientific name is listed in column (2)) are specified for the purposes of section 14A(1) (prohibition on sale etc. of invasive animals or plants) of the 1981 Act.
ROSEANNA CUNNINGHAM
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
13th February 2019
SCHEDULE
Article 2


Common name Scientific name
Column (1) Column (2)
American bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus
American skunk-cabbage Lysichiton americanus
Asian hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax
Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis
Chinese muntjac Muntiacus reevesi
Coypu Myocastor coypus
Curly waterweed Lagarosiphon major
Egyptian goose Alopochen aegyptiacus
Floating pennywort Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
Floating primrose-willow Ludwigia peploides
Fox squirrel Sciurus niger
Giant hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum
Giant-rhubarb Gunnera tinctoria
Grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
Indian balsam Impatiens glandulifera
Indian house crow Corvus splendens
Japanese stiltgrass Microstegium vimineum
Marbled crayfish Procambarus fallax f. virginalis
Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus
New Zealand pygmyweed Crassula helmsii
Nuttall’s waterweed Elodea nuttallii
Pallas’ squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus
Parrot’s feather Myriophyllum aquaticum
Persian hogweed Heracleum persicum
Raccoon Procyon lotor
Raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides
Red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii
Ruddy duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Sacred ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
Siberian chipmunk Tamias sibiricus
Signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus
Sosnowsky’s hogweed Heracleum sosnowskyi
Spiny-cheek crayfish Orconectes limosus
Topmouth gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva
Various-leaved water-milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum
Virile crayfish Orconectes virilis
Water fern Azolla filiculoides
Water-primrose Ludwigia grandiflora