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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

There are effects on this legislation that have not yet been applied to SLD for the following years: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. See the Tables of Legislative effects and the Update status of legislation page on the SLD website.

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Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

1981 CHAPTER 69

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    Wildlife

    1. Protection of birds

      1. 1. Protection of wild birds, their nests and eggs

      2. 2. Exceptions to s. 1

      3. 3. Areas of special protection (E+W)

      4. 3. Areas of special protection (S)

      5. 4. Exceptions to ss. 1 and 3

      6. 5. Prohibition of certain methods of killing or taking wild birds

      7. 6. Sale etc. of live or dead wild birds, eggs etc

      8. 7. Registration etc. of certain captive birds (E+W)

      9. 7. Registration etc. of certain captive birds (S)

      10. 8. Protection of captive birds

    2. Protection of other animals

      1. 9. Protection of certain wild animals

      2. 10. Exceptions to s. 9

      3. 11. Prohibition of certain methods of killing or taking wild animals

      4. 12. Protection of certain mammals

    3. Protection of plants

      1. 13. Protection of wild plants

    4. Miscellaneous

      1. 14. Introduction of new species etc

      2. 15. Endangered species (import and export)

    5. Supplemental

      1. 16. Power to grant licences (E+W)

      2. 16. Power to grant licences (S)

      3. 17. False statements made for obtaining registration or licence etc

      4. 18. Attempts to commit offences etc

      5. 19. Enforcement (E+W)

      6. 19. Enforcement (S)

      7. 19ZA. Enforcement: wildlife inspectors

      8. 19ZB. Power to take samples

      9. 19A. Evidence in Scotland as to taking or destruction of eggs

      10. 20. Summary prosecutions (E+W)

      11. 20. Summary prosecutions (S)

      12. 21. Penalties, forfeitures etc (E+W)

      13. 21. Penalties, forfeitures etc (S)

      14. 22. Power to vary Schedules

      15. 23. Advisory bodies and their functions

      16. 24. Functions of Nature Conservancy Council (E+W)

      17. 24. Functions of Nature Conservancy Council (S)

      18. 25. Functions of local authorities

      19. 26. Regulations, orders, notices etc

      20. 27. Interpretation of Part I

  2. Part II

    Nature Conservation, Countryside and National Parks

    1. Nature conservation

      1. 27A. Construction of references to Nature Conservancy Council

      2. 28. Sites of special scientific interest (E+W)

      3. 28. Areas of special scientific interest (S)

      4. 28A. Variation of notification under section 28

      5. 28B. Notification of additional land

      6. 28C. Enlargement of SSSI

      7. 28D. Denotification

      8. 28E. Duties in relation to sites of special scientific interest

      9. 28F. Appeals in connection with consents

      10. 28G. Statutory undertakers, etc.: general duty

      11. 28H. Statutory undertakers, etc.: duty in relation to carrying out operations

      12. 28I. Statutory undertakers, etc.: duty in relation to authorising operations

      13. 28J. Management schemes

      14. 28K. Management notices

      15. 28L. Appeals against management notices

      16. 28M. Payments

      17. 28N. Compulsory purchase

      18. 28P. Offences

      19. 28Q. Change of owner or occupier

      20. 28R. Byelaws

      21. 29. Special protection for certain areas of special scientific interest

      22. 30. Compensation where order is made under s. 29

      23. 31.Restoration following offence under section 28P (E+W)

      24. 31. Restoration where order under s. 29 is contravened (S)

      25. 32. Duties of agriculture Ministers with respect to areas of special scientific interest (E+W)

      26. 32. Duties of agriculture Ministers with respect to areas of special scientific interest (S)

      27. 33. Ministerial guidance as respects areas of special scientific interest

      28. 34. Limestone pavement orders (E+W)

      29. 34. Limestone pavement orders (S)

      30. 35. National nature reserves

      31. 36. Marine nature reserves (E+W)

      32. 36. Marine nature reserves (S)

      33. 37. Byelaws for protection of marine nature reserves

      34. 37A. Ramsar sites

      35. 38.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. Countryside

      1. 39. Management agreements with owners and occupiers of land

      2. 40. Experimental schemes

      3. 41. Duties of agriculture Ministers with respect to the countryside

    3. National Parks

      1. 42. Notification of agricultural operations on moor and heath in National Parks

      2. 43. Maps of National Parks showing certain areas of moor or heath

      3. 44. Grants and loans for purposes of National Parks

      4. 45. Power to vary order designating National Park

      5. 46.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. Miscellaneous and supplemental

      1. 50. Payments under certain agreements offered by authorities (E+W)

      2. 50. Payments under certain agreements offered by authorities (S)

      3. 51. Powers of entry (E+W)

      4. 51. Powers of entry (S)

      5. 52. Interpretation of Part II

  3. Part III

    Public Rights of Way

    1. Ascertainment of public rights of way

      1. 53. Duty to keep definitive map and statement under continuous review

      2. 53A. Power to include modifications in other orders

      3. 53B. Register of applications under section 53

      4. 54. Duty to reclassify roads used as public paths

      5. 54A. BOATs not to be added to definitive maps

      6. 55. No further surveys or reviews under the 1949 Act

      7. 56. Effect of definitive map and statement

      8. 57. Supplementary provisions as to definitive maps and statements

      9. 57A. Consolidation of definitive maps and statements

      10. 58. Application of ss. 53 to 57 to inner London

    2. Miscellaneous and supplemental

      1. 59. Prohibition on keeping bulls on land crossed by public rights of way

      2. 60.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 61. Ploughing of public rights of way

      4. 62. Appointment of wardens for public rights of way

      5. 63. Orders creating, extinguishing or diverting footpaths and bridleways

      6. 64. Publication of dedication of footpaths and bridleways

      7. 65. Signposting of byways open to all traffic

      8. 66. Interpretation of Part III

  4. Part IV

    Miscellaneous and General

    1. 67. Application to Crown

    2. 68. Application to the Isles of Scilly

    3. 69. Offences by bodies corporate etc

    4. 70. Financial provisions

    5. 70A. Service of notices

    6. 71. General interpretation

    7. 72. Minor amendments

    8. 73. Repeals and savings

    9. 74. Short title commencement and extent

  5. SCHEDULE 1

    Birds which are Protected by Special Penalties

  6. SCHEDULE 2

    Birds Which May Be Killed or Taken

  7. SCHEDULE 3

    Birds which may be Sold

  8. SCHEDULE 4

    Birds Which Must Be Registered and Ringed if Kept in Captivity

  9. SCHEDULE 5

    Animals which are Protected

  10. SCHEDULE 6

    Animals which may not be Killed or Taken by Certain Methods

  11. SCHEDULE 7

    PROTECTION OF CERTAIN MAMMALS

  12. SCHEDULE 8

    Plants which are Protected

  13. SCHEDULE 9

    Animals and plants to which section 14 applies

  14. SCHEDULE 10

    Amendment of the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976

  15. SCHEDULE 10A

    Delegation of appellate functions

  16. SCHEDULE 11

    Procedure in connection with Certain Orders under Part II

  17. SCHEDULE 12

    Procedure in Connection With Orders Under Section 36

  18. SCHEDULE 13

    Provisions With Respect to the Countryside Commission

  19. SCHEDULE 14

    Applications for Certain Orders Under Part III

  20. SCHEDULE 15

    Procedure in Connection with Certain Orders Under Part III

  21. SCHEDULE 16

    Orders Creating, Extinguishing or Diverting Footpaths or Bridleways

  22. SCHEDULE 17

    Enactments repealed

An Act to repeal and re-enact with amendments the Protection of Birds Acts 1954 to 1967 and the Conservation of Wild Creatures and Wild Plants Act 1975; to prohibit certain methods of killing or taking wild animals; to amend the law relating to protection of certain mammals; to restrict the introduction of certain animals and plants; to amend the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976; to amend the law relating to nature conservation, the countryside and National Parks and to make provision with respect to the Countryside Commission; to amend the law relating to public rights of way; and for connected purposes.

[30th October 1981]

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act amended (1.4.1996) by S.I. 1996/593, reg. 2 , Sch. 1

Act: certain functions transferred (E.W.) (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 69(1), 125(2) (with ss. 7(6), 115, Sch. 8 para. 7)

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