Part 5Marine protection and enhancement: the Scottish marine protection area
Marine conservation orders
86Example provisions for marine conservation orders
1
The provision that may be made by a marine conservation order includes provision prohibiting, restricting or regulating—
a
entry into or movement, activity or works in the area protected by the order (“the protected area”) by a—
i
person,
ii
animal,
iii
vessel (or a specified type of vessel), or
iv
vehicle or thing (or a specified type of vehicle or thing),
b
the anchoring of any vessel (or types of vessel) within the protected area (including the fixing of moorings or anchors to the seabed),
c
the killing, taking, destruction, molestation or disturbance of animals or plants of any description in the protected area,
d
the removal of all or part of any thing (or category of things) from the protected area, including in particular all or part of a marine historic asset,
e
the depositing (by any means) of anything in a protected area,
f
the doing of anything in the protected area which, in the opinion of the Scottish Ministers, may—
i
interfere with or damage the seabed,
ii
damage or disturb any object in the protected area (including a marine historic asset),
iii
otherwise cause harm to the protected area.
2
The provision that may be made may also—
a
restrict the speed at which any vessel or vehicle may move in the protected area or in any specified area outside the protected area where that movement might hinder—
i
where the protected area is a Nature Conservation MPA, the stated conservation objectives for it,
ii
where the protected area is a Demonstration and Research MPA, a stated purpose for it,
iii
where the protected area is a Historic MPA, the stated preservation objectives for it,
iv
where the protected area is a European marine site, the conservation objectives for it,
b
include provision prohibiting or restricting entry into, or any movement or other activity on, any part of the seashore that adjoins the protected area by persons, animals or vehicles.
3
For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), the reference to works or activities includes reference to—
a
the use of equipment (or types of equipment),
b
surveying or exploring a site (whether or not by intrusive methods),
c
fixing or attaching anything to the seabed or (if appropriate) the seashore.