Prospective
(1)The Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 is modified as follows.
(2)In section 58 (interpretation)—
(a)in subsection (1), the definition of “public body or office-holder” is repealed,
(b)after subsection (3), insert—
“(4)For the purposes of this Act (unless the context otherwise requires), a reference to a “public body or office-holder”—
(a)is a reference to (any of)—
(i)a Scottish public authority,
(ii)so far as not falling within sub-paragraph (i), a cross-border public authority, and
(iii)a statutory undertaker and any person exercising functions of a public nature, but
(b)does not include—
(i)any court or tribunal or body exercising the judicial power of the state, or
(ii)any body to which paragraph 3(2) of Part III of schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998 applies.”.
(3)The title to section 58 becomes “Interpretation and application”.
Commencement Information
I1S. 50 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 59(2)