Offences made under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

10 statutory instruments made under this Act create 37 criminal offences between them.

These are offences created by secondary legislation made under the Act — not the offences in the Act itself. An Act that creates a power to make regulations, and regulations that then create offences, is the ordinary route by which most of the criminal law is made, and it is the route this report follows.

Instruments made under it

• The Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) Order 2019 2019 · 15 offences
• The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2007 2007 · 9 offences
• The Horsey Estate (Area of Special Protection) Order 1988 1988 · 3 offences
• The Snares (Scotland) Order 2010 2010 · 2 offences
• The Gibraltar Point (Area of Special Protection) Order 1995 1995 · 2 offences
• The Easington Lagoons (Area of Special Protection) Order 1987 1987 · 2 offences
• The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Keeping and Release and Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment Order… 2019 · 1 offence
• The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Keeping and Release and Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2012 2012 · 1 offence
• The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Keeping and Release and Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment Order… 2012 · 1 offence
• The Easington Lagoons (Area of Special Protection) (No.2) Order 1993 1993 · 1 offence