4(1)The Countryside Act 1968 shall be amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In section 15 (areas of special scientific interest)—
(a)in subsection (2), the words “in the national interest” shall be omitted and, after the words “any such land” there shall be inserted the words “ (or of any adjacent land) ”; and
(b)F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)In section 37 (protection for interests in countryside) for the words “Nature Conservancy Council” there shall be substituted the words “ , the Council, the Nature Conservancy Council for England and the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland ”.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 9 para. 4(2)(b) repealed (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), ss. 105(2), 107, Sch. 12; S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2