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Section 11 Application of section 10 in relation to the natural heritage.

Scotland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Section 10 of this Act shall apply in relation to the natural heritage as it applies to woodland, where F1SNH F2is satisfied that deer are causing F3... damage to the natural heritage—

(a)

on enclosed land; or

(b)

on unenclosed land, but only if SNH is also satisfied that the damage is being caused by reason of the presence on the land in question of a significantly higher density of deer population than is usual in all the circumstances.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word in Act substituted (1.8.2010) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), s. 134(7), Sch. 1 para. 6; S.S.I. 2010/221, art. 3(2), Sch.

F2

Word in s. 11 substituted (1.8.2010) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), s. 134(7), Sch. 1 para. 17; S.S.I. 2010/221, art. 3(2), Sch.

F3

Word in s. 11 repealed (1.1.2012) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), ss. 28(5), 43(1) (with s. 41(1)); S.S.I. 2011/433, art. 2(1)(f)