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This Order—
(a) may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (England and Wales) Order 2010:
(b) comes into force on 6th April 2010; and
(c) extends to England and Wales only.
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(1) Schedule 9 (animals and plants to which section 14 applies) to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 is varied as follows.
(2) Add the following animals to Part 1 (animals which are established in the wild) —
Common name Scientific name
Boar, Wild Sus scrofa
Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Corncrake Crex crex
Crab, Chinese Mitten Eriocheir sinensis
Crane, Common Grus grus
Crayfish, Red Swamp Procambarus clarkii
Crayfish, Spiny-cheek Orconectes limosus
Deer, Chinese Water Hydropotes inermis
Flatworm Kontikia andersoni
Flatworm Kontikia ventrolineata
Flatworm, Australian Australoplana sanguinea
Goose, Bar-headed Anser indicus
Goose, Barnacle Branta leucopsis
Goose, Emperor Anser canagicus
Goose, Snow Anser caerulescens
Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
Kite, Red Milvus milvus
Limpet, Slipper Crepidula fornicata
Owl, Eagle Bubo bubo
Oyster Drill, American Urosalpinx cinerea
Parakeet, Monk Myiopsitta monachus
Pochard, Red-crested Netta rufina
Shelduck, Ruddy Tadorna ferruginea
Swan, Black Cygnus atratus.
(3) Remove the following animals from Part 1 —
Common name Scientific name
Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
Coypu Myocastor coypus
With respect to the Outer Hebrides and the islands of Arran, Islay, Jura and Rum —(a) Deer, Cervus (all species)(b) Deer, any hybrid one of whose parents orother lineal ancestor was a species ofCervus Deer CervusAny hybrid of the genus Cervus
Gerbil, Mongolian Meriones unguiculatus
Porcupine, Crested Hystrix cristata
Porcupine, Himalayan Hystrix hodgsonii
Quail, Bobwhite Colinus virginianus.
(4) Add the following plants to Part 2 (plants) —
Common name Scientific name
Alexanders, Perfoliate Smyrnium perfoliatum
Algae, Red Grateloupia luxurians
Archangel, Variegated Yellow Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
Azalea, Yellow Rhododendron luteum
Balsam, Himalayan Impatiens glandulifera
Cotoneaster Cotoneaster horizontalis
Cotoneaster, Entire-leaved Cotoneaster integrifolius
Cotoneaster, Himalayan Cotoneaster simonsii
Cotoneaster, Hollyberry Cotoneaster bullatus
Cotoneaster, Small-leaved Cotoneaster microphyllus
Creeper, False Virginia Parthenocissus inserta
Creeper, Virginia Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Dewplant, Purple Disphyma crassifolium
Fanwort (otherwise known as Carolina Water-Shield) Cabomba caroliniana
Fern, Water Azolla filiculoides
Fig, Hottentot Carpobrotus edulis
Garlic, Three-cornered Allium triquetrum
Hyacinth, Water Eichhornia crassipes
Knotweed, Giant Fallopia sachalinensis
Knotweed, Hybrid Fallopia japonica x Fallopia sachalinensis
Knotweed, Japanese Fallopia japonica
Leek, Few-flowered Allium paradoxum
Lettuce, Water Pistia stratiotes
Montbretia Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora
Parrot’s Feather Myriophyllum aquaticum
Pennywort, Floating Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
Potato, Duck Sagittaria latifolia
Primrose, Floating Water Ludwigia peploides
Primrose, Water Ludwigia grandiflora
Primrose, Water Ludwigia uruguayensis
Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum
Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum x Rhododendron maximum
Rhubarb, Giant Gunnera tinctoria
Rose, Japanese Rosa rugosa
Salvinia, Giant Salvinia molesta
Seafingers, Green Codium fragile
Stonecrop, Australian Swamp (otherwise known as New Zealand Pygmyweed) Crassula helmsii
Waterweed, Curly Lagarosiphon major
Waterweeds All species of the genus Elodea.
(5) Remove the following plants from Part 2 —
Common name Scientific name
Knotweed, Japanese Polygonum cuspidatum
Seafingers, Green Codium fragile tomentosoides.
Huw Irranca-Davies
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
26th February 2010
Jane Davidson
Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing One of the Welsh Ministers
3rd March 2010