Additional functions
8.—(1) The Authority shall, in relation to the National Park, have the following functions in addition to those it has in terms of section 9(2)(a) and (b) of the 2000 Act and by virtue of article 7 above:–
(a)the function of providing rangers under section 65 of the Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967(1);
(b)the functions of making byelaws under section 121 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982(2); and
(c)any functions conferred on the local authority by the Loch Lomond Registration and Navigation Byelaws 1995.
(2) The function specified at paragraph (1)(a) above (so far as exercised prior to the operational date by a local authority in relation to a National Park) and the functions specified at paragraph (1)(b) and (c) above, shall on the operational date cease to be exercisable by the local authority concerned and shall be exercisable by the Authority on and after that date.
(3) The exercise of the functions specified at paragraph (1)(b) and (c) above by the Authority is not limited by virtue of the powers at paragraph 8 of schedule 2 to the 2000 Act.