{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-natural-habitats-c-amendment-scotland-regulations-2012/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-natural-habitats-c-amendment-scotland-regulations-2012/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2012/228",
  "legislation_title": "The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-natural-habitats-c-amendment-scotland-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Definitions and consequential modification",
  "text": "(1) In regulation 2 (interpretation and application)—\n(a) after the definition of “destroy” insert—\n““the Directives” means the Habitats Directive and the Wild Birds Directive;”;\n(b) omit the definition of “the EC Treaty”;\n(c) after the definition of “livestock” insert—\n““local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;”;\n(d) after the definition of “relevant authorities” insert—\n““Scottish marine area” means the area of sea within the seaward limits of the territorial sea of the United Kingdom adjacent to Scotland;”; and\n(e) after the definition of “statutory undertaker” omit “and” and insert—\n““wild bird” means a bird which is—\n(a) a member of a species referred to in Article 1 of the Wild Birds Directive; and\n(b) wild; and”.\n(2) Omit regulation 6(3)(c).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation 2 was relevantly amended by S.I. 2007/1843 and S.S.I. 2004/475, 2007/80, and 2011/155."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1994 c.39."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/228/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:43:14.346159+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."
}