Consultation of NERC in relation to seals
26.—(1) Any consultation with NERC before 1st April 2018 in respect of a provision specified in paragraph (2) and regarding an authorisation given, or a licence to be granted or varied, a designation to be made, or a review to be undertaken (as the case may be), is to have effect from that date as if it were a consultation with UKRI.
(2) The provisions are—
(a)in the Conservation of Seals Act 1970(1)—
(i)section 3(1) (order prohibiting the killing, injuring or taking of seals);
(ii)section 10(3)(a) (power to grant licences);
(iii)section 11(1)(a) (authorisation of a person to enter land to obtain information about seals); or
(iv)section 11(1)(b) (authorisation of a person to enter land to kill or take seals);
(b)paragraph 9(a) of Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006(2) (application of enforcement provisions for the purposes of the conservation of seals); or
(c)in the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010(3)—
(i)section 116(1) (power to grant a seal licence);
(ii)section 117 (designation of a haul-out site);
(iii)section 118(2) (designation of a seal conservation area);
(iv)section 120(1) (authorisation of a person to enter land to obtain information about seals);
(v)section 121(1) (authorisation of a person to enter land to kill or take seals); or
(vi)section 129(2)(b) (review of seal licensing regime).