Citation and commencement

1.  This Order—

(a)may be cited as the Spring Traps Approval (Variation) (England) Order 2016; and

(b)comes into force on 24th March 2016.

Variation of the Spring Traps Approval (England) Order 2012

2.  The Schedule to the Spring Traps Approval (England) Order 2012(3) is varied as follows—

(a)after the entry for the Kania Trap 2500, insert the following entries—

(b)after the entry for the Nooski mouse trap, insert the following entry—

Duty to review

3.—(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—

(a)carry out a review of the regulatory provision in article 2; and

(b)publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review.

(2) The report must, in particular—

(a)set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory provision;

(b)assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved;

(c)assess whether those objectives remain appropriate; and

(d)if those objectives remain appropriate, assess the extent to which they could be achieved in another way which involves less onerous regulatory provision.

(3) The first report under this article must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which this Order comes into force.

(4) Subsequent reports under this article must be published at intervals not exceeding five years.

(5) In this article, “regulatory provision” has the meaning given by section 32(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015(4).

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order varies the Spring Traps Approval (England) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/13).

Under section 8 of the Pests Act 1954 (c. 68), it is an offence to use or knowingly to permit the use of any spring trap, other than a trap that has been approved by order, for the purpose of killing or taking animals or in circumstances for which it is not approved.

This Order adds three types of spring trap to those approved for use in England: the KORO Large Rodent Double Coil Spring Snap Trap, the KORO Rodent Snap Trap and the Procull Trap (article 2).

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.