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Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

Section 22—Interpretation of Part

104.Section 22 defines terms used elsewhere in Part 2.

105.It also empowers the Scottish Ministers to change the definition of “peat” and “peatland” for the purposes of the Part by regulations. Any regulations doing that will be subject to the affirmative procedure. The affirmative procedure is defined by section 29 of the ILRA 2010. Before making any such regulations, Scottish Ministers must also consult Scottish Natural Heritage and such other persons as they consider likely to be interested in or affected by the making or muirburn

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