SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 9 Amendment of Enactments conferring Nature Conservancy Functions
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)
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The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 shall be amended as follows.
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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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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—
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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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In section 24 (functions of Nature Conservancy Council)—
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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—
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The Secretary of State shall lay before each House of Parliament a copy of any advice so given and the statements accompanying it.
d
in subsection (4), for the word “Council” there shall be substituted the words “
Nature Conservancy Councils
”
.
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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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