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Enforced by: OEP, NIEA
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Prosecution 16 of 20 obligations carry a criminal penalty. 1 carries different penalties and 3 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

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Any Person18

Plus 2 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Human Medicines Regulations 2012 184 duties

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 144 duties

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 104 duties

Communications Act 2003 92 duties

Road Traffic Act 1988 92 duties

What it requires

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

Part 1

Introductory

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2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.art001 art.1

s.art002 General interpretation

Part 2

Wildlife

14 of 19 sections shown

s.art004 art.4 Regulated

Harm wild birds, their nests or eggs, or possess them illegallyAny Person

s.art006 art.6 Regulated

Use prohibited traps, weapons, or decoys to kill/take wild birdsAny Person

s.art007 art.7 Regulated

Sell or advertise wild birds or eggs illegallyAny Person

s.art008 art.8 Regulated

Notify the Department before showing Schedule 4 birds at public eventsAny Person

s.art009 art.9 Regulated

Keep birds in undersized cages or organise captive bird shootsAny Person

s.art010 Protection of certain wild animals Regulated

Harm protected wild animals or their sheltersAny Person

s.art012 Prohibition of certain methods of killing or taking wild animals Regulated

Use prohibited methods to kill or take wild animalsAny Person

s.art012 Spring traps Regulated

Use, sell or possess unapproved spring trapsAny Person

s.art013 art.13 Regulated

Sell or advertise Schedule 7 wild animals without lawful authorityAny Person

s.art014 art.14 Regulated

Damage, sell or advertise wild plantsAny Person

s.art015 Introduction of new species, etc. Regulated

Release or plant non-native species in the wildAny Person

s.art015 Prohibition on sale, etc. of invasive, non-native species Regulated

Sell, possess for sale, or advertise invasive non-native speciesAny Person

s.art015 Possession of pesticides harmful to wildlife Regulated

Possess pesticide containing prescribed harmful ingredientAny Person

s.art018 Power to grant licences Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Department must not grant bird licences unless no satisfactory alternative existsCrown / Minister / Government department

5 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.art003 art.3

s.art005 art.5

s.art011 Exceptions to Article 10

s.art016 art.16

s.art017 art.17

Part 3

Protection of deer

2 of 5 sections shown

s.art019 art.19 Regulated

Illegally kill, injure, take or handle deerAny Person

s.art023 art.23 Regulated

Sell or handle venison from illegally killed deerAny Person

3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.art020 Exceptions to Articles 12 and 19

s.art021 art.21

s.art022 art.22

Part 4

Supplemental

4 of 12 sections shown

s.art024 art.24 Regulated

Provide false information to obtain wildlife registration or licenceAny Person

s.art024 Possession of articles for purposes of committing certain offences Regulated

Possess equipment for use in wildlife offenceAny Person

s.art027 art.27 Prosecution

Commit an offence under wildlife protection lawsAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.art029 art.29 Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Consult affected parties and publish notices before making Wildlife ordersCrown / Minister / Government department

8 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.art025 art.25

s.art025 Powers of constables in connection with samples

s.art025 Power of wildlife inspector to enter premises

s.art025 Power of wildlife inspector to examine specimens and take samples

s.art026 art.26

s.art027 Application to the Crown

s.art028 Power to vary Schedules

s.paragraph/p4 Article 30—Amendments and repeals

Schedules

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30 other schedules

s.sch003 Common name Scientific name Wood pigeon Columba palumbus

s.sch003 NOTE. The first column of this Schedule, which gives the common name or names, is...

s.sch004 Common name Scientific name Blackbird Turdus merula Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Bunting, Reed...

s.sch004 NOTE. The first column of this Schedule, which gives the common name or names, is...

s.sch005 NOTE. The first column of this Schedule, which gives the common name or names, is...

s.sch005 Common name Scientific name Badger Meles meles . . . . . . Butterfly, Brimstone...

s.sch006 Common name Scientific name Badger Meles meles Bats (all species) Chiroptera (all species) Crayfish, White-Clawed...

s.sch006 NOTE. The first column of this Schedule, which gives the common name or names, is...

s.sch007 Common name Scientific name Badger Meles meles . . . . . . Butterfly, Brimstone...

s.sch007 NOTE. The first column of this Schedule, which gives the common name or names, is...

s.sch010 FALLOW DEER (Dama dama) Buck: 1st May to 31st July inclusive. Doe: 1st April to...

s.sch010 RED DEER (Cervus elaphus) Stags: 1st May to 31st July inclusive. Hinds: 1st April to...

s.sch010 SIKA DEER (Cervus nippon) Stags: 1st May to 31st July inclusive. Hinds: 1st April to...

s.sch010 [In this Schedule any reference to a species of deer includes a hybrid of that...

s.sch011 Any smooth bore gun.

s.sch011 Any rifle having a calibre of less than .236 inches (6 millimetres).

s.sch011 Any pistol, revolver or other type of handgun other than a slaughtering instrument (within the...

s.sch011 Any air gun, air rifle or air pistol.

s.sch011 Any weapon which discharges a missile by means of a gas propellant.

s.sch011 Any cartridge for use in a smooth bore gun.

s.sch011 Any cartridge or load for use in a rifle other than a cartridge or load...

s.sch011 Any bullet for use in a rifle other than— (a) a bullet weighing not less...

s.schedule/1/part/ii/paragraph/wrapper2n1 Gadwall Anas strepera Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Pintail Anas acuta Plover, Golden Pluvialis apricaria Pochard Aythya...

s.schedule/1/part/ii/paragraph/wrapper3n1 NOTE. The first column of this Schedule, which gives the common name or names, is...

s.schedule/1/part/i/paragraph/wrapper1n1 Common name Scientific name Bittern Botaurus stellaris Bunting, Corn Emberiza calandra Buzzard Buteo buteo Chough...

s.schedule/2/part/2/paragraph/wrapper4n1 NOTE. The first column of this Schedule, which gives the common name or names, is...

s.schedule/8/part/ii/paragraph/wrapper15n1 Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta Primrose Primula vulgaris

s.schedule/8/part/ii/paragraph/wrapper16n1 NOTE. The first column of this Schedule, which gives the common name or names, is...

s.schedule/9/part/ii/paragraph/wrapper17n1 . . . . . . Bluebell, Spanish Hyacinthoides hispanica . . . . ....

s.schedule/9/part/ii/paragraph/wrapper18n1 NOTE. The first column of this Schedule, which gives the common name or names, is...

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