http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/6/section/50Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2026enStatute Law Database2026-04-28Expert Participation2026-03-13 Part 4 50 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as follows. 2 In section 58 (interpretation)— a in subsection (1), the definition of “public body or office-holder” is repealed, b after subsection (3), insert— 4 For the purposes of this Act (unless the context otherwise requires), a reference to a “public body or office-holder”— a is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”. S. 50 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 59(2)