Article 17 Minimising risk to marine mammalsI1

Scotland

(1)

In constructing the works, the Commissioners shall act in accordance with—

(a)

the statutory nature conservation agency protocol for minimising the risk of disturbance and injury to marine mammals from piling noise dated 2010 ^f1; and

(b)

the JNCC guidelines for minimising the risk of injury to marine mammals from using explosives dated August 2010^f2,

both issued by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee^f3.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 17 in force at 21.12.2011, see art. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/JNCC_Guidelines_Piling%20protocol_August%202010.pdf.
f2: http://www.jncc.gov.uk/pdf/JNCC_guidelines_explosives%20guidelines_august%202010.pdf.
f3: The Joint Nature Conservation Committee is reconstituted by section 31 of and Schedule 4 to the Natural and Rural Communities Act 2006.