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

Sch. para.12 amended by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Argyll Islands) Designation 1996 art.4(a)
Sch. para.12(b)(ix)(bb) amended by Environmentally Sensitive Areas (Argyll Islands) Designation 1996 art.4(b)
Sch. para. 4 words substituted by Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 (Consequential Amendments) 2026 reg. 9(2)

The crofter, farmer or common grazings committee shall not remove any dykes, unless authorised to do so in writing, by the Secretary of State, and shall maintain stockproof dykes in a stockproof condition.