# The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Consequential, Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018, 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—
(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 (application of enforcement provisions for the purposes of the conservation of seals); or
(c) in the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010—
(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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/245/regulation/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/higher-education-and-research-act-2017-consequential-transitional-transitory-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2018/regulation-26
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