The Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 (Authorised Operations) Order 2016 No. 38

SCHEDULE Descriptions of types of operation for the purposes of article 2(2)(a)

17.  The following operations where they are carried out in connection with any of the operations listed in paragraph 16:—

(a) modification of natural or man-made features;

(b) clearance of boulders, large stones, loose rock or scree;

(c) battering, buttressing or grading of rock faces; or

(d) cutting or infilling of pits or quarries.