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Section 73(4).
1In each provision specified in relation to each of the Acts set out below, for “the Nature Conservancy Council for England” or, as the case may be, “Nature Conservancy Council for England” there is substituted “ English Nature ”E+W+S+N.I.
(a)the National Parks and Access to the M1Countryside Act 1949: section 15A (meaning of “Nature Conservancy Council”);
(b)the M2Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966: in section 5A (byelaws under section 5 for marine environmental purposes), subsection (3)(a);
(c)the M3Countryside Act 1968—
(i)in section 15 (areas of special scientific interest), subsection (6A), and
(ii)section 37 (protection for interests in countryside);
(d)the M4Conservation of Seals Act 1970: in section 10 (power to grant licences to kill or take seals), subsection (5);
(e)the M5Import of Live Fish (England and Wales) Act 1980: in section 1 (power to limit the import etc. of fish and fish eggs), subsection (2);
(f)the M6Highways Act 1980: in section 105B (procedure relating to environmental impact assessments), in subsection (8), paragraph (b) of the definition of “the consultation bodies”;
(g)the M7Animal Health Act 1981: in section 21 (destruction of wild life on infection other than rabies), subsection (9);
(h)the M8Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981—
(i)in section 27 (interpretation of Part I), subsection (3A),
(ii)in section 27A (construction of references to Nature Conservancy Council), paragraph (a), and
(iii)in section 52 (interpretation of Part II), subsection (1);
(i)the M9Inheritance Tax Act 1984: Schedule 3 (bodies receiving gifts for national purposes etc.);
(j)the M10Agriculture Act 1986: in section 18 (designation and management of environmentally sensitive areas), subsection (2)(a);
(k)the M11Channel Tunnel Act 1987—
(i)in Schedule 2, Part II (regulation of scheduled works), paragraph 5(3), and
(ii)in Schedule 3 (planning permission), paragraph 17(4)(a);
(l)the M12Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988—
(i)in section 1 (the Broads Authority), subsection (3)(b),
(ii)in section 4 (conservation of areas of natural beauty), subsections (3)(a) and (5)(a),
(iii)in section 5 (notification of certain operations within the Broads), subsection (4), and
(iv)in Schedule 3 (functions of Broads Authority), paragraph 33(1)(c);
(m)the M13Electricity Act 1989: in Schedule 9 (preservation of amenities and fisheries), paragraph 2(2)(a);
(n)the M14Environmental Protection Act 1990—
(i)in section 36 (grant of waste management licences), subsection (7), and
(ii)in section 128 (creation and constitution of the Nature Conservancy Council for England and the Countryside Council for Wales), subsections (1) and (2)(a);
(o)the M15Deer Act 1991: in section 8 (licences for exemptions from sections 2 to 4 of the Act), subsections (1) and (4);
(p)the M16Water Industry Act 1991—
(i)in section 4 (environmental duties with respect to sites of special interest), subsections (1) and (4),
(ii)in section 5 (codes of practice with respect to environmental and recreational duties), subsection (4)(b), and
(iii)in section 156 (restrictions on disposals of land), subsection (4)(c)(i);
(q)the M17Land Drainage Act 1991—
(i)in section 61C (duties with respect to sites of special scientific interest), subsections (1) and (4), and
(ii)in section 61E (codes of practice), subsection (4)(b);
(r)the M18Transport and Works Act 1992: in section 6 (applications for orders relating to railways, tramways, inland waterways, etc.), subsection (7)(e);
(s)the M19Protection of Badgers Act 1992: in section 10 (licences to do otherwise prohibited acts relating to badgers), subsection (4)(a);
(t)the M20Environment Act 1995—
(i)in section 8 (environmental duties with respect to sites of special interest), subsections (1) and (4),
(ii)in section 9 (codes of practice with respect to environmental and recreational duties), subsection (3)(b),
(iii)in section 66 (national park management plans), subsection (7)(a), and
(iv)in section 99 (consultation required before making or modifying certain subordinate legislation for England), subsection (2)(c);
(u)the M21Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996—
(i)in Schedule 6 (planning conditions), paragraph 27(4), and
(ii)in Schedule 14 (overhead lines: consent), paragraph 7(4); and
(v)the M22Greater London Authority Act 1999: in section 352 (the Mayor’s biodiversity action plan), subsection (3)(a).
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2In the following enactments, the entry for the Nature Conservancy Council for England is omitted, and in the appropriate place there is inserted “ English Nature ”E+W+S+N.I.
(a)the M23Public Records Act 1958: in Schedule 1 (definition of public records), Part II of the Table in paragraph 3;
(b)the M24Superannuation Act 1965: in section 39 (meaning of “public office”), paragraph 7 of subsection (1); and
(c)the M25Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967: Schedule 2 (departments etc. subject to investigation).
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3In Part III of Schedule 1 to the M26House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (which sets out offices the holders of which are disqualified from membership of the House of Commons), the entry for “Any member of the Nature Conservancy Council for England or the Countryside Council for Wales in receipt of remuneration” is omitted, and in the appropriate places there are inserted the following two entries—E+W+S+N.I.
“Any member of the Countryside Council for Wales in receipt of remuneration.”
“Any member of English Nature in receipt of remuneration.”.
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