# Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2026, Section 8: Duty to facilitate implementation of National Park Plans

Extent: S

(1) Section 14 of the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000 (duty to have regard to National Park Plans) is modified as follows.
(2) The existing text becomes subsection (1).
(3) In that subsection, for “have regard to” substitute “facilitate the implementation of”.
(4) After that subsection, insert—
“(2) The duty in subsection (1) applies to the Scottish Ministers, a National Park authority, a local authority and any other public body or office-holder only so far as is consistent with the proper exercise of their other functions (and only in relation to functions exercisable in or as regards Scotland which do not relate to reserved matters).
(3) For the purposes of this section, a reference to any other public body or office-holder is a reference to any other—
(a) Scottish public authority, and
(b) so far as not falling within paragraph (a), cross-border public authority (but only in relation to functions exercisable in or as regards Scotland which do not relate to reserved matters).”.
(5) The section title becomes “Duty to facilitate implementation of National Park Plans”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/6/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-scotland-act-2026/section-8
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