- biodiversity
means the variability among living organisms from all sources, including terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part, including diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems;
- contained holding
means keeping an organism in closed facilities from which escape or spread is not possible;
- crayfish
means a freshwater decapod crustacean of the Families Astacidae, Cambaridae or Parastacidae, other than the species— a Austropotamobius pallipes (commonly known as the Atlantic stream, or white-clawed, crayfish);
- designated customs official
has the same meaning as in section 14(6) of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009;
- ecosystem services
means the direct and indirect contributions of ecosystems to human wellbeing;
- enforcement officer
means— (a) a constable;
- 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;
- 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 list of species of special concern;
- licence
means a licence granted in accordance with article 36 (licences for activities relating to invasive alien species);
- list of species of special concern
has the same meaning as in the assimilated Regulation;
- Northern Ireland
includes the area of territorial sea adjacent to Northern Ireland, which is to be construed in accordance with article 2 of the Adjacent Waters Boundaries (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (the territorial sea adjacent to Northern Ireland);
- offshore marine installation
means any artificial island, installation or structure (other than a ship) which is situated— (a) in any part of the waters designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1962 (exploration and exploitation of the continental shelf);
- partner
includes a person purporting to act as a partner.
- permit
means a permit issued in accordance with article 35 (permits for activities relating to invasive alien species);
- permitting authority
means— (a) the Secretary of State in relation to— (i) England;
- premises
includes any place or land (including buildings) and, in particular, includes any place, plant, machinery, apparatus, vehicle, vessel, aircraft, boat, ship, hovercraft, trailer, container, tent or movable building or structure;
- Principal Regulation
means Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species;
- prohibited action
means any action specified in Table 1 of Schedule 1.
- qualified personnel
means employees of the establishment to which a permit has been issued who have been trained in the activity allowed by the permit.
- qualifying Northern Ireland goods
has the meaning given to it from time to time in regulations made under section 8C(6) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018;
- registered veterinary surgeon
means a person who is registered in the register of veterinary surgeons under section 2 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 (register of veterinary surgeons);
- regulatory provision
has the same meaning as in sections 28 to 33 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (see section 32 of that Act).
- relevant evidence
means evidence that an offence under this Order has been committed.
- relevant information
means information which identifies or assists in the identification of the other person.
- relevant licence
means a licence under— (a) article 36(2)(d) (licences for the keeping of animals by a facility);
- relevant organism
means a live animal, plant, fungus or micro-organism, and includes any part, gamete, seed, egg, or propagule that might grow, hatch or reproduce, as the case may be;
- relevant permit
means a permit under— (a) article 35 (permits for activities relating to invasive alien species) of this Order;
- relevant restrictions
means restrictions of a kind specified in Article 7(1)(a) (bringing into territory of the Union) or (d) (transportation) of the Principal Regulation, in so far as they relate to controls on imports into and exports from the United Kingdom by the introduction of goods into, and transportation of goods from, Northern Ireland.
- relevant specimen
means the specimen in relation to which the offence was committed.
- research
means descriptive or experimental work, undertaken under regulated conditions, to obtain new scientific findings or to develop new products, including the initial phases of identification, characterisation and isolation of genetic features (other than those features which make a species invasive) of invasive alien species in so far as essential to enable the breeding of those features into non-invasive species;
- sample
means a sample of blood, tissue or other biological material.
- Scotland
includes the area of territorial sea adjacent to Scotland, which is to be construed in accordance with article 3 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999 (boundaries – internal waters and territorial sea);
- seize
includes “detain” and cognate words are to be construed accordingly;
- ship
means any vessel (including hovercraft, submersible craft and other floating craft) other than one which permanently rests on, or is permanently attached to, the seabed;
- species
includes— (a) any hybrid, variety or breed of a species that might survive and subsequently reproduce;
- specimen
means a specimen of any live invasive alien species, and includes any part, gamete, seed, egg, or propagule of such a species that might grow, hatch or reproduce, as the case may be;
- spread beyond contained holding
means that a specimen deriving from the specimen to which the permit relates is outside the contained holding.
- the licensing authority
means— (a) Natural England in relation to— (i) England;
- the list of species of special concern
means the list of species in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1141 adopting a list of invasive alien species of Union concern pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as amended from time to time;
- the offshore marine area
means— (a) any part of the seabed and subsoil situated in any area designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 (exploration and exploitation of continental shelf);
- the regulator
means—
- the relevant permit information
means—
- third country ship
means a ship which— (a) is flying the flag of, or is registered in, any State or territory other than the United Kingdom;
- third county ship
means a ship which— (a) is flying the flag, or registered in, any State or territory other than the United Kingdom;
- Union list
means the list of invasive alien species of Union concern adopted by the European Commission in accordance with Articles 4(1) and 10(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species, as amended from time to time.”
- vehicle
includes aircraft, hovercraft and boats.
- Wales
includes the area of territorial sea adjacent to Wales, which is to be construed in accordance with article 6 of, and Schedule 3 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (the sea adjacent to Wales).