http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/5/section/67/notesNature reservesNature conservationLegislationCoastal erosion and protectionClimate and weatherExplanatory Notes to Marine (Scotland) Act 2010Scottish GovernmentKing's Printer for Scotland2013-10-16
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2010/5" id="c00001" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2010" Number="0005">Marine (Scotland) Act 2010</Citation>
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The Act<CitationSubRef id="c00304" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2010/5/part/5" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="part-5">Part 5</CitationSubRef> – Marine Protection and Enhancement: the Scottish Marine Protection AreaDesignation of marine protected areas
<CitationSubRef id="c00314" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2010/5/section/67" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-67">Section 67</CitationSubRef> - Marine protected areas
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Section 67 enables Scottish Ministers to designate a nature conservation, demonstration and research or historic marine protected area (an “MPA”) within the Scottish marine protection area. Section 67(2) clarifies that any island within the area of an MPA may form part of it.