Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024

15 Muirburn licences: content and conditions

(1) A muirburn licence must—

(a) specify the person to whom it is granted,

(b) identify, by reference to a map, the land to which the licence relates,

(c) specify—

(i) whether the land to which the licence relates is not peatland or is peatland, and

(ii) for which of the purposes mentioned in section 13(2)(a) or, as the case may be, (b) the licence permits muirburn to be made, and

(d) specify the period for which the licence is to have effect.

(2) Every muirburn licence is subject to the following conditions—

(a) the person to whom the licence is issued must have regard to the Muirburn Code,

(b) a person intending to make muirburn on land to which the licence relates must—

(i) complete a training course approved under section 17 before making muirburn,

(ii) have regard to the Muirburn Code, and

(iii) comply with the requirements of section 19.

(3) The Scottish Ministers may, if they consider it appropriate to do so, specify in a muirburn licence additional conditions to which the licence is subject.

(4) Conditions which may be specified under subsection (3) include, in particular—

(a) provisions of the Muirburn Code,

(b) conditions as to the persons, or types of person, who may make muirburn on the land to which the licence relates,

(c) conditions as to the reporting of activities carried out under the licence,

(d) further conditions as to the giving of notice prior to the making of muirburn on the land to which the licence relates.

(5) Different conditions may be specified under subsection (3) for different purposes, including in particular—

(a) different conditions for different times of the year, and

(b) different conditions for different land.