C210 Power to grant licences.
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A licence may be granted to any person by F13the appropriate licensing authority authorising that person, notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Act, but subject to compliance with any conditions specified in the licence,—
a
for scientific or educational purposes to kill or take within an area specified in the licence by any means so specified other than by the use of strychnine any number of seals so specified;
b
for the purposes of any zoological gardens or collection specified in the licence to take within an area specified in the licence by any means so specified any number of seals so specified;
c
for—
i
the prevention of damage to fisheries;
ii
the reduction of a population surplus of seals for management purposes; . . . F1
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the use of a population surplus of seals as a resource, F2or
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the protection of flora or fauna in an area to which subsection (4) of this section applies,
to kill or take within any area specified in the licence by any means so specified other than by the use of strychnine any number of seals so specified.
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A licence granted under this section may be revoked at any time byF13the appropriate licensing authority and, without prejudice to any other liability to a penalty which he may have incurred under this or any other Act, any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any condition imposed on the grant of a licence under this section shall be guilty of an offence.
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F13the appropriate licensing authority—
a
shall consult the Council before granting a licence under this Act; and
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This subsection applies to any area which—
a
is a nature reserve within the meaning of section 15 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949;
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F9is an area to which section 29(3) of that Act (special protection for certain areas of special scientific interest) applies; or
F9is an area in respect of which a nature conservation order or land management order made under Part 2 of the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 6) has effect; or
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A licence under this section does not authorise the use of any method of killing or taking seals which is inconsistent with F20regulation 41 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994F20F19regulation 43 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010F19regulation 45 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 or any other enactment for the time being in force for the purpose of giving effect to Article 15 of the Habitats Directive (as read subject to any derogation permitted by Article 16 of that Directive).
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In subsection (4A), the “Habitats Directive” means the Directive of the Council of the European Communities dated 21st May 1992 ( No. 92/43/ EEC ) on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild flora and fauna , as amended from time to time.
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In subsection (4A), the Habitats Directive means the Directive of the Council of the European Communities dated 21st May 1992 ( No. 92/43/ EEC ) on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild flora and fauna.
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In this section “the appropriate licensing authority” means—
a
the Natural Resources Body for Wales where the area in question is in Wales;
b
in any other case, the Marine Management Organisation.
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In subsection (7)(a), “Wales” has the meaning given by section 158 of the Government of Wales Act 2006.