[Part 3 Species Control Orders]

[Part 3 Species Control Orders]

[When a species control order may be made

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(1)     An environmental authority may make a species control order in relation to premises if—

(a)     it considers that there is present on the premises—

(i)     an invasive non-native species, or

(ii)     a species of animal that is no longer normally present in Great Britain, and

(b)     any of the following circumstances apply.

(2)     The circumstances are—

(a)     the environmental authority considers that an owner has failed to comply with a species control agreement entered into with the environmental authority and, having been given notice to that effect and a reasonable opportunity to rectify the failure, has not done so;

(b)     the environmental authority has offered to enter into a species control agreement with an owner but—

(i)     the owner has refused to enter into any kind of species control agreement, or

(ii)     no species control agreement has been entered into in respect of the premises by the end of the period of 42 days beginning with the day after the offer was made and the authority considers it unlikely that the owner will enter any kind of such agreement;

(c)     the environmental

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