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)—

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in subsection (9)(a) and (9)(c), before the word “Nature” there shall be inserted the word “ relevant ”;

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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 ”;

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in subsection (10)(b), before the word “Council” there shall be inserted the word “ relevant Nature Conservancy ”; and

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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. ”;

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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.

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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)—

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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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