The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2011 No. 155

Modification of the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004

5.  In regulation 20 (Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the 2004 Act)(1), paragraph (a), for sub-paragraph (i) substitute—

“(i) in subsection (2)(a) for “special interest,” there were substituted—

“significance in relation to the objectives of—

(i)

Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora(2), as amended from time to time, and

(ii)

Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of wild birds, as amended from time to time.””.

(1)

Regulation 20 was substituted by S.S.I. 2004/475.

(2)

O.J. No. L 206, 22.7.1992, p.7, as last amended by Council Directive 2006/105/EC (O.J. No. L 363, 20.12.2006, p.368).