Amendment of regulation 20
14.—(1) Regulation 20 (chapter 2 of part 2 of the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (a)—
(a)for sub-paragraph (i) substitute—
“(i)in subsection (2)(a) for “special interest,”, there were substituted “significance in relation to the requirements of the Directives (within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2716)),””,
(b)for sub-paragraph (ii) substitute—
“(ii)in subsection (2)(b), after “an international obligation” there were inserted “and the requirements of the Directives (within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2716))””, and
(c)in sub-paragraph (iii), for “objectives of the Directives referred to in subsection (2)(a)” substitute “requirements of the Directives (within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2716))”.