National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000

30 Modification and revocation of designation orders

(1) The Scottish Ministers may by order modify or revoke a designation order.

(2) Subsections (3) and (4) apply where the Scottish Ministers propose to make an order under subsection (1)—

(a) modifying—

(i) the area of a National Park identified in a designation order,

(ii) the functions conferred on a National Park authority by virtue of section 9(2)(d) or under section 10,

(iii) the matters specified in a designation order by virtue of section 7(1)(c) or (d), or

(b) revoking a designation order.

(3) In such a case the Scottish Ministers must set out in writing—

(a) the proposed modifications, or

(b) as the case may be, that they propose that the designation order should be revoked,

and, in either case, their reasons for the proposal.

(4) A proposal under subsection (3) is to be treated as a National Park proposal; and—

(a) sections 3 to 5 apply in relation to such a proposal, and

(b) sections 6 and 7 apply in relation to an order under subsection (1) of this section made in pursuance of such a proposal,

with such modifications as the Scottish Ministers may by order specify.

(5) Sections 2 to 7 do not otherwise apply in relation to an order under subsection (1) of this section.