
2014 No. 538
Wildlife, England
The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Prohibition on Sale etc. of Invasive Non-native Plants) (England) Order 2014
Made 3rd March 2014
Laid before Parliament 10th March 2014
Coming into force 6th April 2014

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 14ZA(3)(b) and 26 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

In accordance with the requirements of section 26(4) of that Act, the Secretary of State—
(a) 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
(b) has consulted with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, being the advisory body he considered was best able to advise him as to whether this Order should be made.
Title, commencement, extent and application
1 
This Order—
(a) may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Prohibition on Sale etc. of Invasive Non-native Plants) (England) Order 2014;
(b) comes into force on 6th April 2014; and
(c) extends to England and Wales and applies in relation to England only.
Non-native species prescribed for the purposes of section 14ZA of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
2 
The plants of a description specified in article 3, being plants within section 14(2) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and listed in Part 2 (plants) of Schedule 9 to that Act (animals and plants to which section 14 applies), are plants of a description prescribed for the purposes of section 14ZA (sale etc. of invasive non-native species) of that Act.
3 
The prescribed descriptions of plant are—

Common name Scientific name
 
Fern, Water Azolla filiculoides
 
Parrot’s Feather Myriophyllum aquaticum
 
Pennywort, Floating Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
 
Primrose, Floating Water Ludwigia peploides
 
Primrose, Water Ludwigia grandiflora
 
Primrose, Water Ludwigia uruguayensis
 
Stonecrop, Australian Swamp (otherwise known as New Zealand Pygmyweed) Crassula helmsii
de Mauley
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
3rd March 2014