# Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, Section 47: Protection for nests of certain birds which re-use their nests


(1) Amend the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69) as follows.
(2) In section 1 (protection of wild birds, their nests and eggs), in subsection (1), after paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa) takes, damages or destroys the nest of a wild bird included in Schedule ZA1;”.
(3) At the beginning of the Schedules insert—
“SCHEDULE ZA1
Birds which re-use their nests
NOTE: The common name or names given in the first column of this Schedule are included by way of guidance only; in the event of any dispute or proceedings, the common name or names shall not be taken into account.
Common name
Scientific name
Eagle, Golden
Aquila chrysaetos
Eagle, White-tailed
Haliaetus albicilla
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
”
(4) In—
(a) section 4 (exceptions to sections 1 and 3), in subsection (1)(c), and
(b) section 7 (registration etc. of certain captive birds), in subsection (3A)(a)(i) and (c)(i),
after “Schedule” insert “ ZA1 or ”.
(5) In section 22 (power to vary Schedules), in subsection (1), for “Schedules 1 to 4” substitute “ Schedules ZA1 to 4 ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/16/section/47 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006/section-47
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