SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 7F1 Protection of Certain MammalsF1Amendment of Acts In Relation To Night Shooting of Hares and Rabbits
The Conservation of Seals Act 1970
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In subsection (1)(c) of section 10 of the M1 Conservation of Seals Act 1970 (power to grant licences), the word “or” immediately following sub-paragraph (ii) shall be omitted and after sub-paragraph (iii) there shall be inserted the words
or
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the protection of flora or fauna in an area to which subsection (4) of this section applies,
2
In subsection (3)(b) of that section for the words from “a nature reserve” onwards there shall substituted the words “an area to which subsection (4) of this section applies”.
3
After subsection (3) of that section there shall be inserted the following subsection—
4
This subsection applies to any area which—
a
is a nature reserve within the meaning of section 15 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 ;
b
has been notified under section 28(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (areas of special scientific interest) ;
c
is an area to which section 29(3) of that Act (special protection for certain areas of special scientific interest) applies ; or
d
has been designated as a marine nature reserve under section 36 of that Act.
Sch. 7 heading substituted (S.) (1.1.2012) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), ss. 11(4)(a), 43(1) (with s. 41(1)); S.S.I. 2011/433, art. 2(1)(b)