{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-natural-habitats-c-amendment-scotland-regulations-2011/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-natural-habitats-c-amendment-scotland-regulations-2011/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2011/155",
  "legislation_title": "The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-natural-habitats-c-amendment-scotland-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Delegation by the Scottish Ministers of licensing functions",
  "text": "After regulation 44 (grant of licences for certain purposes) insert—\n“Delegation of licence granting power: Scotland\n44A. (1) The Scottish Minsters may delegate their functions in relation to licences under regulation 44 to the appropriate nature conservation body.\n(2) A delegation may be, to any degree, general or specific and may in particular relate to—\n(a) a particular type of animal or plant,\n(b) a particular licence or type of licence, or\n(c) a particular area.\n(3) Unless it specifies otherwise, a delegation relating to a particular licence (or type of licence) includes the power to modify or revoke the licence (or licences of that type) where granted before the delegation.\n(4) A delegation is to be made by written direction.\n(5) The Scottish Ministers may modify or revoke a direction under paragraph (4).\n(6) The requirement on the Scottish Ministers under regulation 44(5) to take advice from the appropriate nature conservation body does not apply in the period when a direction under paragraph (4) has effect, in respect of any licence granted under the direction.\n(7) Where a direction is revoked, any existing licence granted under the direction continues to have effect (unless the revoking direction provides otherwise).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation 44 was relevantly amended by S.I. 2007/1843, and by S.S.I. 2004/475 and 2007/80."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/155/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:50:13.542100+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}