
2008 No. 431
WILDLIFE, england
The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 5) (England) Order 2008
Made 21st February 2008
Laid before Parliament 26th February 2008
Coming into force 6th April 2008

The Secretary of State—
(a) has received a representation made to him by the GB conservation bodies acting through the Joint Nature Conservation Committee in accordance with Part 2 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006;
(b) in accordance with section 26(4)(a) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, has given any local authority affected and any other person affected an opportunity to submit objections or representations with respect to the subject matter of this Order; and
(c) is of the opinion that the animals listed in the Schedule to this Order are in danger of extinction in Great Britain or likely to become so endangered unless conservation measures are taken.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 22(3) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, the Secretary of State makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and extent
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(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 6th April 2008.
(3) This Order extends to England and Wales only.
Variation of Schedule 5
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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.”.
Joan Ruddock
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
21st February 2008
SCHEDULE
Article 2


Common Name Scientific Name
Seahorse, Short Snouted (with respect to England only) Hippocampus hippocampus
Seahorse, Spiny (with respect to England only) Hippocampus guttulatus
Shark, Angel (in respect of section 9(1) only and with respect to England, other than the excluded waters, only) Squatina squatina
Snail, Roman (in respect of section 9(1), (2) and (5) only and with respect to England only) Helix pomatia