[Part 2 Defences]
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (1981 c 69) | Legislation

[Part 2 Defences]

[Companion animals

2

(1)     This paragraph applies where—

(a)     a person is charged with an offence under section 14ZC or 14AA,

(b)     the charge relates to an animal, and

(c)     the activity to which the charge relates contravenes one of the following paragraphs of Article 7(1) of the Invasive Alien Species Regulation—

(i)     paragraph (b) (keeping, including in contained holding),

(ii)     paragraph (d) (transporting to, from or within [Scotland], except for the transportation of species to facilities in the context of eradication).

(2)     It is a defence to the charge to show that—

(a)     immediately before the inclusion on the [Scottish list of species of special concern] of the species to which the animal belongs, the animal was kept as a companion animal,

(b)     at all material times the animal was kept—

(i)     as a companion animal, or

(ii)     for the purpose of transporting the animal to a place mentioned in sub-paragraph (3), and

(c)     at all material times—

(i)     the animal was kept in contained holding, and

(ii)     appropriate measures were in place to ensure that it could not reproduce or escape.

(3)     The places referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(b)(ii) are—

(a)

Powered by Lexis+®
 

Popular documents

LEXISNEXIS

Subrogation in insurance and reinsurance

Subrogation in insurance and reinsuranceWhat is the right of subrogation?In the context of insurance and reinsurance, the right of subrogation entitles an insurer or reinsurer, having indemnified the (re)insured, to ‘step into its shoes’ to bring an action in the (re)insured’s name. For the purpose

LEXISNEXIS

Possession with intent to supply

Possession with intent to supplyPossession with intent to supply a controlled drugIt is an offence for a person to have a controlled drug in his possession, whether lawfully or not, with intent to supply it to another in contravention of section 4(1) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (MDA

LEXISNEXIS

Carriage of goods by sea—the Hague-Visby Rules

Carriage of goods by sea—the Hague-Visby RulesThis Practice Note explains the Hague-Visby Rules (the Rules) which are an international convention enacted into English law by the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971 (CGSA 1971) whose purpose is to regulate some of the most important rights and

LEXISNEXIS

Possession of a bladed article

Possession of a bladed articleThe offence of possession of a bladed articleThe offence of having a bladed article in a public place can be tried in either the magistrates' court or the Crown Court. The magistrates' court will decline jurisdiction in those cases where it appears that its powers of