Miscellaneous

30 Modification and revocation of designation orders

1

The Scottish Ministers may by order modify or revoke a designation order.

2

Subsections (3) and (4) apply where the Scottish Ministers propose to make an order under subsection (1)—

a

modifying—

i

the area of a National Park identified in a designation order,

ii

the functions conferred on a National Park authority by virtue of section 9(2)(d) or under section 10,

iii

the matters specified in a designation order by virtue of section 7(1)(c) or (d), or

b

revoking a designation order.

3

In such a case the Scottish Ministers must set out in writing—

a

the proposed modifications, or

b

as the case may be, that they propose that the designation order should be revoked,

and, in either case, their reasons for the proposal.

4

A proposal under subsection (3) is to be treated as a National Park proposal; and—

a

sections 3 to 5 apply in relation to such a proposal, and

b

sections 6 and 7 apply in relation to an order under subsection (1) of this section made in pursuance of such a proposal,

with such modifications as the Scottish Ministers may by order specify.

5

Sections 2 to 7 do not otherwise apply in relation to an order under subsection (1) of this section.