11(1)The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 shall be amended as follows.E+W+S
(2)In section 10(5) (consultation with Council required before taking or killing a bat) after the word “Council” there shall be inserted the words “ for the area in which the house is situated or, as the case may be, the act is to take place ”.
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(4)In section 16 (power to grant licences)—
(a)in subsection (9)(a) and (9)(c), before the word “Nature” there shall be inserted the word “ relevant ”;
(b)in subsection (10)(a), for the words “the Nature Conservancy Council” there shall be substituted the words “ each of the Nature Conservancy Councils ” and, after the word “exercise” there shall be inserted the words “ in the area of that Council ”;
(c)in subsection (10)(b), before the word “Council” there shall be inserted the word “ relevant Nature Conservancy ”; and
(d)after subsection (10) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(11)For the purposes of this section a reference to a relevant Nature Conservancy Council is a reference to the Nature Conservancy Council for the area in which it is proposed to carry on the activity requiring a licence.”
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(6)In section 24 (functions of Nature Conservancy Council)—
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(b)in subsection (2), for the words from “the Council” to the end there shall be substituted the words “ to that advice being given. ”;
(c)for subsection (3) there shall be substituted the following subsection—
“(3)The Secretary of State shall lay before each House of Parliament a copy of any advice so given and the statements accompanying it.”; and
(d)in subsection (4), for the word “Council” there shall be substituted the words “ Nature Conservancy Councils ”.
(7)In section 27 (interpretation of Part I)—
(a)in subsection (1), in the definition of authorised person, for the words “the Nature Conservancy Council” there shall be substituted the words “ any of the Nature Conservancy Councils ”; and
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Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 9 para. 11(3)(5)(6)(a)(7)(b)(8)(12)(13) repealed (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), ss. 105(2), 107, Sch. 12; S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2
F2Sch. 9 para. 11(9)-(11) repealed (30.1.2001) by 2000 c. 37, ss. 102, 103(2), Sch. 16 Pt. III