Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991

5(1)Section 15 shall be amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (2)—

(a)in paragraph (a)—

(i)for the words “authority by whom” there shall be substituted the words “body by which”; and

(ii)for the word “authority” where it second occurs there shall be substituted the word “body”; and

(b)in paragraph (c) for the words “said authority” and “authority” where they respectively occur there shall be substituted the word “body”.

(3)In subsection (3) the words “(whether made by the Secretary of State or by a local planning authority)” shall be omitted.

(4)In subsection (4)—

(a)after the words “Secretary of State” where they first occur, there shall be inserted the words “, except as regards an access order made by Scottish Natural Heritage,”; and

(b)for the words “the local planning authority concerned” there shall be substituted the words “the body by which the order was made”.