178 Wild plantsIt is an offence for any person to intentionally pick, uproot or destroy any wild plant listed in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 Schedule 81 and for any person, other than an authorised person, to intentionally uproot (but not to pick) any plant not listed in Schedule 82. As with birds and animals, the Act then provides a number of defences, inter alia:178.1 that the otherwise unlawful act was the incidental result of a lawful operation and could not reasonably have been avoided3; and178.2 that the person has
It is an offence for any person to intentionally pick, uproot or destroy any wild plant listed in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 Schedule 81 and for any person, other than an authorised person, to intentionally uproot (but not to pick) any plant not listed in Schedule 82. As with birds and animals, the Act then provides a number of defences, inter alia:
that the otherwise unlawful act was the incidental result of a lawful operation and could not reasonably have been avoided3; and
that the person has
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