# Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004, Paragraph 5


The Scottish Ministers may, on the application of any person or of their own accord, extend the period mentioned in paragraph 4(a) by such further period of up to 3 months as they think fit by giving notice of the extension, at any time before the expiry of the period so mentioned, to the persons to whom a copy proposal or a notice was given under paragraph 1(a) or (b).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2004/6/schedule/3/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/nature-conservation-scotland-act-2004/schedule-3/paragraph-5
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