Regulation 26 Consultation of NERC in relation to seals

(1)

Any consultation with NERC before 1st April 2018 in respect of a provision specified in paragraph (2) and regarding an authorisation given, or a licence to be granted or varied, a designation to be made, or a review to be undertaken (as the case may be), is to have effect from that date as if it were a consultation with UKRI.

(2)

The provisions are—

(a)

in the Conservation of Seals Act 1970^f1—

(i)

section 3(1) (order prohibiting the killing, injuring or taking of seals);

(ii)

section 10(3)(a) (power to grant licences);

(iii)

section 11(1)(a) (authorisation of a person to enter land to obtain information about seals); or

(iv)

section 11(1)(b) (authorisation of a person to enter land to kill or take seals);

(b)

paragraph 9(a) of Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006^f2 (application of enforcement provisions for the purposes of the conservation of seals); or

(c)

in the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010^f3—

(i)

section 116(1) (power to grant a seal licence);

(ii)

section 117 (designation of a haul-out site);

(iii)

section 118(2) (designation of a seal conservation area);

(iv)

section 120(1) (authorisation of a person to enter land to obtain information about seals);

(v)

section 121(1) (authorisation of a person to enter land to kill or take seals); or

(vi)

section 129(2)(b) (review of seal licensing regime).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1970 c. 30.
f2: 2006 c. 16.
f3: 2010 asp 5.