PART 6Nature and biodiversity

Local nature recovery strategies

108Interpretation

(1)

This section has effect for the purposes of sections 104 to 107.

(2)

Local authority” means—

(a)

a county or district council in England;

(b)

a London borough council;

(c)

the Common Council of the City of London;

(d)

the Council of the Isles of Scilly.

(3)

National conservation site” means—

(a)

a site of special scientific interest, within the meaning of Part 2 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981;

(b)

a national nature reserve declared in accordance with section 35 of that Act;

(c)

a Ramsar site, within the meaning of section 37A of that Act;

(d)

a marine conservation zone designated under section 116 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;

(e)

a European site, within the meaning of regulation 8 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1012).