Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 2350

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules 5 and 8) Order 1992

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1992 No. 2350

WILDLIFE

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules 5 and 8) Order 1992

The Secretary of State—

having received a representation made jointly to him by the Nature Conservancy Councils;

having 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;

being of the opinion that the animals and plants referred to in articles 2 and 3(1) of this Order are in danger of extinction in Great Britain or likely to become so endangered unless conservation measures are taken, and that the plants referred to in article 3(2) 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 Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981^[1], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement
    1.—(1)  This Order may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedules 5 and 8) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 29th October 1992.

    (2)  In this Order "the Act" means the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

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

Common Name	Scientific Name
Beetle	Graphoderus zonatus
Beetle	Hypebaeus flavipes
Beetle	Paracymus aeneus
Beetle, Lesser Silver Water	Hydrochara caraboides
Beetle, Mire Pill (in respect of section 9(4)(a) only)	Curimopsis nigrita
Hatchet Shell, Northern	Thyasira gouldi
Lagoon Snail	Paludinella littorina
Lagoon Snail, De Folin's	Caecum armoricum
Lagoon Worm, Tentacled	Alkmaria romijni
Moth, Sussex Emerald	Thalera fimbrialis
Sea Fan, Pink (in respect of section 9(1), 9(2) and 9(5) only)	Eunicella verrucosa
Sea Slug, Lagoon	Tenellia adspersa
Sturgeon	Acipenser sturio



    (2)  The following entry is hereby added to Schedule 5 to the Act in substitution for the existing entry relating to the high brown fritillary butterfly (argynnis adippe)^[2]:

Common Name	Scientific Name
Butterfly, High Brown Fritillary	Argynnis adippe

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

Common Name	Scientific Name
Blackwort	Southbya nigrella
Caloplaca, Snow	Caloplaca nivalis
Catapyrenium, Tree	Catapyrenium psoromoides
Catillaria, Laurer's	Catellaria laureri
Centaury, Slender	Centaurium tenuiflorum
Cladonia, Upright Mountain	Cladonia stricta
Clary, Meadow	Salvia pratensis
Crystalwort, Lizard	Riccia bifurca
Cudweed, Broad-leaved	Filago pyramidata
Dock, Shore	Rumex rupestris
Earwort, Marsh	Jamesoniella undulifolia
Flapwort, Norfolk	Leiocolea rutheana
Frostwort, Pointed	Gymnomitrion apiculatum
Gentian, Dune	Gentianella uliginosa
Gentian, Early	Gentianella anglica
Grimmia, Blunt-leaved	Grimmia unicolor
Gyalecta, Elm	Gyalecta ulmi
Hawkweed, Northroe	Hieracium northroense
Hawkweed, Shetland	Hieracium zetlandicum
Hawkweed, Weak-leaved	Hieracium attenuatifolium
Lecanactis, Churchyard	Lecanactis hemisphaerica
Lecanora, Tarn	Lecanora archariana
Lecidea, Copper	Lecidea inops
Lichen, Arctic Kidney	Nephroma arcticum
Lichen, Ciliate Strap	Heterodermia leucomelos
Lichen, Coralloid Rosette	Heterodermia propagulifera
Lichen, Ear-lobed Dog	Peltigera lepidophora
Lichen, Forked Hair	Bryoria furcellata
Lichen, Golden Hair	Teloschistes flavicans
Lichen, Orange Fruited Elm	Caloplaca luteoalba
Lichen, River Jelly	Collema dichotomum
Lichen, Scaly Breck	Squamarina lentigera
Lichen, Stary Breck	Buellia asterella
Liverwort	Petallophyllum ralfsi
Liverwort, Lindenberg's Leafy	Adelanthus lindenbergianus
Moss	Drepanocladius vernicosus
Moss, Alpine Copper	Mielichoferia mielichoferi
Moss, Baltic Bog	Sphagnum balticum
Moss, Blue Dew	Saelania glaucescens
Moss, Blunt-leaved Bristle	Orthotrichum obtusifolium
Moss, Bright Green Cave	Cyclodictyon laetevirens
Moss, Cordate Beard	Barbula cordata
Moss, Cornish Path	Ditrichum cornubicum
Moss, Derbyshire Feather	Thamnobryum angustifolium
Moss, Dune Thread	Bryum mamillatum
Moss, Glaucous Beard	Barbula glauca
Moss, Green Shield	Buxbaumia viridis
Moss, Hair Silk	Plagiothecium piliferum
Moss, Knothole	Zygodon forsteri
Moss, Large Yellow Feather	Scorpidium turgescens
Moss, Millimetre	Micromitrium tenerum
Moss, Multifruited River	Cryphaea lamyana
Moss, Nowell's Limestone	Zygodon gracilis
Moss, Rigid Apple	Bartramia stricta
Moss, Round-leaved Feather	Rhyncostegium rotundifolium
Moss, Schleicher's Thread	Bryum schleicheri
Moss, Triangular Pygmy	Acaulon triquetrum
Moss, Vaucher's Feather	Hypnum vaucheri
Mudwort, Welsh	Limosella australis
Naiad, Slender	Najas flexilis
Orache, Stalked	Halimione pedunculata
Orchid, Lapland Marsh	Dactylorhiza lapponica
Pannaria, Caledonia	Pannaria ignobilis
Parmelia, New Forest	Parmelia minarum
Parmentaria, Oil Stain	Parmentaria chilensis
Penny-cress, Perfoliate	Thlaspi perfoliatum
Pertusaria, Alpine Moss	Pertusaria bryontha
Physcia, Southern Grey	Physcia tribacioides
Pine, Ground	Ajuga chamaepitys
Plantain, Floating Water	Luronium natans
Pseudocyphellaria, Ragged	Pseudocyphellaria lacerata
Psora, Rusty Alpine	Psora rubiformis
Rampion, Spiked	Phyteuma spicatum
Rustworth, Western	Marsupella profunda
Saxifrage, Marsh	Saxifrage hirulus
Solenopsora, Serpentine	Solenopsora liparina
Stonewort, Bearded	Chara canescens
Turpswort	Geocalyx graveolens



    (2)  The following plants are hereby removed from Schedule 8 to the Act:

Common Name	Scientific Name
Lavender, Sea	{ Limonium paradoxum
	{ Limonium recurvum
Spurge, Purple	Euphorbia peplis

Michael Howard

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Department of the Environment

1st October 1992

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 eleven animals generally to Schedule 5, confers limited protection on two animals and extends the protection afforded to one animal.

Article 3 adds seventy-eight plants to Schedule 8 and removes three plants from protection.

[1] 1981 c. 69. Section 22(3) was amended by paragraph 11(5) of Schedule 9 to the Environmental Protection Act1990 (c. 43). back

[2] The high brown fritillary butterfly was added to Schedule 5, in respect of section 9(5) only, by S.I. 1989/906. back