Introductory text

WILDLIFE

COUNTRYSIDE

Made 18th December 2008

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 19th December 2008

Coming into force 26th January 2009

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f1 and section 26A of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981^f2 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

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Footnotes

f1: 1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was relevantly amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(3) and the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), section 27. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998.
f2: 1981 c. 69. Section 26A of the 1981 Act was inserted by paragraph 22 of schedule 6 to the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 6) and amended by the Criminal Proceedings &c. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6), section 44(2).