The Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) Order 2019
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2019/527 |
| Year | 2019 |
(1) This Order may be cited as the Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) Order 2019 and comes into force on F401st December 2019.it relates to controls on imports into and exports from the United Kingdom;it relates to the offshore marine area; orit applies in relation to any provision which relates to a matter mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) .(3) Part 6 does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.to England and Wales;to the offshore marine area; andas regards any provision which applies in relation to controls on imports into and exports from the United Kingdom, and any provision which relates to any such provision, to Scotland and Northern Ireland.(1) In this Order—
- “contained holding” means keeping an organism in closed facilities from which escape or spread is not possible;
- “designated customs official” has the same meaning as in section 14(6) of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 ;
- “England” includes that part of the territorial sea which is not for the purposes of this Order treated as forming part of Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland;
- “enforcement officer” means—
- (a) a constable;
- (b) in England and Wales, a wildlife inspector authorised in accordance with section 18A of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 ;
- (c) an officer authorised for the purposes of the enforcement of this Order by a competent authority specified in article 21(2) ;
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(d) an officer authorised for the purposes of the enforcement of this Order by—
- (i) the Secretary of State;
- (ii) Natural England;
- (iii) the Welsh Ministers; or
- (iv) the Natural Resources Body for Wales;
- “ex situ conservation” means the conservation of components of biological diversity outside their natural habitat;
- “invasive alien species” means any species of animal, plant, fungus or micro-organism included from time to time on the F47list of species of special concern;
- “licence” means a licence granted in accordance with article 36 (licences for activities relating to invasive alien species) ;
- “the licensing authority” means—
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(a) Natural England in relation to—
- (i) England;
- (ii) the offshore marine area; and
- (iii) licences relating to imports into or exports from the United Kingdom;
- (b) the Natural Resources Body for Wales in relation to Wales, except in relation to licensing within...
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(a) Natural England in relation to—
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