Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 288

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules) Order 1988

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1988 No. 288

WILDLIFE

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules) Order 1988

The Secretary of State —
    (1)  having received (under section 22(3) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981^[1] ("the Act" )) a representation from the Nature Conservancy Council;

    (2)  having given (under section 26(4) of the Act) 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;

    (3)  being of the opinion that the animals and plants referred to in articles 2(1) to (4) and 3 below are in danger of extinction in Great Britain or likely to become so endangered unless conservation measures are taken, and that the animals referred to in article 2(5) below are no longer so endangered or likely to become so endangered;
in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 22(3) of the Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement
    1.    This Order may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 18th March 1988.

Variation of Schedule 5
    2.—(1)  The following animals are hereby added to Schedule 5 to the Act:

Common Name	Scientific Name
Anemone, Ivell's Sea	Edwardsia ivelli
Anemone, Startlet Sea	Nematosella vectensis
Apus	Triops cancriformis
Beetle, Violet Click	Limoniscus violaceus
Cat, Wild	Felis silvestris
Cicada, New Forest	Cicadetta montana
Dormouse	Muscardinus avellanarius
Leech, Medicinal	Hirudo medicinalis
Marten, Pine	Martes martes
Mat, Trembling Sea	Victorella pavida
Moth, Viper's Bugloss	Hadena irregularis
Sandworm, Lagoon	Armandia cirrhosa
Shrimp, Fairy	Chirocephalus diaphanus
Shrimp, Lagoon Sand	Gammarus insensibilis
Turtles, Marine (all species)	Dermochelyidae and Cheloniidae
Vendace	Coregonus albula
Walrus	Odobenus rosmarus
Whale (all species)	Cetacea
Whitefish	Coregonus lavaretus



    (2)  All Dolphins (Cetacea ) and all Porpoises (Cetacea ) not already listed in Schedule 5 to the Act are hereby added to that Schedule.

    (3)  The Atlantic Stream Crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes ) is hereby added to Schedule 5 to the Act, but only in respect of section 9(1) so far as it relates to taking and in respect of section 9(5).

    (4)  The Viviparous Lizard (Lacerta vivipara ), the Slow-worm (Anguis fragilis ) and the Grass Snake (Natrix helvetica otherwise known as Natrix natrix ) (which are already listed in Schedule 5 to the Act in respect of section 9(5) only) are hereby further listed in respect of section 9(1) so far as it relates to killing and injuring.

    (5)  The Carthusian Snail (Monacha cartusiana ) and the Chequered Skipper butterfly (Carterocephalus palaemon ) are hereby removed from Schedule 5 to the Act.

Variation of Schedule 8
    3.    The following plants are hereby added to Schedule 8 to the Act:

Common Name	Scientific Name
Adder's-tongue, Least	Ophioglossum lusitanicum
Cabbage, Lundy	Rhynchosinapis wrightii
Colt's-foot, Purple	Homogyne alpina
Cottongrass, Slender	Eriophorum gracile
Crocus, Sand	Romulea columnae
Cudweed, Red-tipped	Filago lutescens
Fleabane, Alpine	Erigeron borealis
Fleabane, Small	Pulicaria vulgaris
Gentian, Fringed	Gentianella ciliata
Germander, Cut-leaved	Teucrium botrys
Goosefoot, Stinking	Chenopodium vulvaria
Grass-poly	Lythrum hyssopifolia
Hawk's-beard, Stinking	Crepis foetida
Helleborine, Young's	Epipactis youngiana
Horsetail, Branched	Equisetum ramosissimum
Hound's-tongue, Green	Cynoglossum germanicum
Marshwort, Creeping	Apium repens
Milk-parsley, Cambridge	Selinum carvifolia
Naiad, Holly-leaved	Najas marina
Pennyroyal	Mentha pulegium
Pigmyweed	Crassula aquatica
Ragwort, Fen	Senecio paludosus
Ramping-fumitory, Martin's	Fumaria martinii
Restharrow, Small	Ononis reclinata
Rock-cress, Alpine	Arabis alpina
Rock-cress, Bristol	Arabis stricta
Speedwell, Fingered	Veronica triphyllos
Star-of-Bethlehem, Early	Gagea bohemica
Stonewort, Foxtail	Lamprothamnium papulosum
Strapwort	Corrigiola litoralis
Viper's-grass	Scorzonera humilis

Nicholas Ridley

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State

19th February 1988

This Order, which applies throughout Great Britain, varies Schedules 5 and 8 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which list animals and plants protected under that Act.

Article 2 adds a number of animals generally to Schedule 5, confers limited protection on one animal, extends the protection already afforded to three animals, and removes two animals from protection.

Article 3 adds thirty-one plants to Schedule 8.

[1] 1981 c. 69. back