Section 116 Consultation and consentI1

Scotland

(1)

The Scottish Ministers must consult F1United Kingdom Research and Innovation before granting or varying a seal licence.

(2)

The Scottish Ministers must obtain the consent of Scottish Natural Heritage before granting or varying a seal licence authorising the killing or taking of seals in a protected area for a purpose mentioned in any of paragraphs (b) to (e) of section 110(1).

“protected area” means—

(a)
a Nature Conservation MPA,
(b)
a Demonstration and Research MPA,
(c)
a Historic MPA,
(d)
a site of special scientific interest,
(e)
an area in respect of which a nature conservation order or land management order made under Part 2 of the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 6) has effect,
(f)
a nature reserve (within the meaning of Part 3 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (c.97)), or
(g)
a European site (within the meaning of regulation 10 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 116(1) substituted (1.4.2018) by Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), s. 124(5), Sch. 12 para. 25; S.I. 2018/241, reg. 2(t) (with transitional and savings provisions in S.I. 2018/245, regs. 2, 3, 26)

Commencement

I1: S. 116 in force at 1.9.2010 by S.S.I. 2010/230, art. 3(b)