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EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

NATURE CONSERVATION

Made 12th October 2004

Coming into operation 22nd November 2004

The Department of the Environment, being a Department designated^f1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f2 in relation to measures relating to the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, in exercise of the powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations: