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SCHEDULE 11Minor and consequential amendments

Part 1General

88Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)

1

Amend section 41 (duties of agriculture Ministers with respect to the countryside) as follows.

2

In subsection (3), omit the words after paragraph (b).

3

In subsection (5), for the definitions of “management agreement” and “the relevant authority” substitute—

“management agreement” means—

a

in relation to England, an agreement under section 39 or under section 7 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, and

b

in relation to Wales, an agreement under section 39;

“the relevant authority” has the same meaning as in section 39 except that in relation to England it also includes Natural England.

4

Omit subsection (6).