The Conservation of Wild Creatures and Wild Plants (Otters) Order 1977
WHEREAS, on a representation made to him by the Nature Conservancy Council, it appears to the Secretary of State to be necessary in the interests of the proper conservation of wild creatures that the common otter should be added to Schedule 1 to the Conservation of Wild Creatures and Wild Plants Act 1975(a):

NOW THEREFORE the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 7 and 14(1) of the said Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after ...