Paragraph 1 InterpretationI1

For the purposes of this Schedule,

• F1“low-risk area” has the meaning given in regulation 3B(7);

• “National Park” and “Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty” have the meanings in paragraphs (c) and (g) respectively F2in the definition of “sensitive area”;

• F3“Ramsar Convention” has the meaning given in section 37A(4) and (5) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981;

• “sensitive area” means—

  1. (a)

     land notified under subsection (1) of section 28 (areas of special scientific interest) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981^f1;

  2. (b)

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  3. (c)

     a National Park within the meaning of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949^f2;

  4. (d)

     the Broads^f3;

  5. (e)

     a property appearing on the World Heritage List kept under article 11(2) of the 1972 UNESCO Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage^f4;

  6. (f)

     a scheduled monument within the meaning of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979^f5 F5or the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023;

  7. (g)

     an area of outstanding natural beauty designated as such by an order made by the Countryside Agency, as respects England, F6... and duly confirmed, under section 87 (designation of areas of outstanding natural beauty) of the National Parks and Access to Countryside Act 1949^f6;

  8. (ga)

     F7an area of outstanding natural beauty in Wales designated as such by an order made—

     1. (i)

        under section 87 (designation of areas of outstanding natural beauty) of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949; or

     2. (ii)

        under section 82 (designation of areas) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000;

  9. (h)

     F8a European site within the meaning of regulation 8 of F9the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017;

  10. (i)

      F10any land in Great Britain designated under paragraph 1 of Article 2 of the Ramsar Convention for inclusion in the list of wetlands of international importance referred to in that Article;

  11. (j)

      land declared to be a national nature reserve under section 35(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981;

  12. (k)

      any land which is a nature reserve within the meaning given in section 15 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949.

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