1. This Order may be cited as the Nature Conservation (Designation of Relevant Regulatory Authorities) (Scotland) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 29th November 2004.
2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), each of the persons listed in the Schedule to this Order are designated as a relevant regulatory authority for the purposes of the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004.
(2) The designation of a local authority under paragraph (1) does not extend to its functions of granting planning permissions on an application under Part III of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997(1).
LEWIS MACDONALD
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh
3rd November 2004