Regulation 6 Amendment of regulation 9 of the principal Regulations

in paragraph (1) at the end of sub-paragraph (c) the word “or” shall be omitted;

in paragraph (1) at the end of sub-paragraph (d) for “Wild Birds Directive” there shall be substituted “Wild Birds Directive, or”;

in paragraph (1) after sub-paragraph (d) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph –

“(e)

a site in Northern Ireland included in the list of sites which has been proposed by the Department and transmitted to the Commission under regulation 6(4) until such time as –

(i)

the draft list of sites of Community importance is established under the first sub-paragraph of Article 4(2) of the Habitats Directive where in any case the site is not included in that list, or

(ii)

the list of sites referred to in the third sub-paragraph of Article 4(2) of the Habitats Directive is adopted by the Commission in accordance with that sub-paragraph.”