Mink (Keeping) Order 1987
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1987/2196 |
| Year | 1987 |
1987 No. 2196
ANIMALSDESTRUCTIVE ANIMALS
The Mink (Keeping) Order 1987
Made 26th November 1987
Laid before Parliament 30th November 1987
Coming into force 1st January 1988
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, being satisfied with respect to the non-indigenous animals which are the subject of this Order that by reason of their destructive habits it is desirable to control the keeping of them and to destroy any which may be at large, acting jointly, in exercise of powers conferred by section 10(1) of the Destructive Imported Animals Act 19321and now vested in them2and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
Citation, commencement and duration
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Mink (Keeping) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 1st January 1988.
(2) This Order shall cease to have effect on 1st January 1993.
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
“the Act” means the Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932;
“mink” means the animal of the speciesMustela vison.
Keeping of mink
3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, the keeping within Great Britain of any mink, except under a licence granted under the Act, is prohibited.
(2) The keeping of any mink is prohibited—
(a)
(a) on any off-shore island of Great Britain other than the Isle of Wight, the Isle of Arran (including the neighbouring Holy Island), the Isle of Harris and Lewis and its associated islands north of a line dividing Harris from the islands of Shillay, Pabbay, Ensay, Killegray, Langay and Gilsay;
(b)
(b) in the Caithness District of the Highland Region of Scotland;
(c)
(c) in the Sutherland District of the Highland Region of Scotland.
Exceptions to application of the Act
4. In the application of the Act in relation to mink, there shall be omitted sections 5(2) and 6(1)(f) and in section 6(1) the reference to a penalty in the case of an offence under paragraph (f).
John MacGregor
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Sanderson of Bowden
Minister of State, Scottish Office
22nd November 1987
Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
26th November 1987
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order prohibits the keeping of mink on certain off-shore islands of Great Britain and in certain parts of the Highland Region of...
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