{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nature-conservation-scotland-act-2004/schedule-6/paragraph-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nature-conservation-scotland-act-2004/schedule-6/paragraph-15.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2004/6",
  "legislation_title": "Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nature-conservation-scotland-act-2004",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 16 (power to grant licences)—\n(a) in subsection (2)(b), the words from “or,” to “egg”, where second occurring, are repealed,\n(b) in subsection (3)—\n(i) for “and (4)” substitute “ , (4) and (4A) ”,\n(ii) for “and (2)” substitute “ , (2) and (3C)(a) ”,\n(iii) in paragraph (a), after “scientific” insert “ , research ”,\n(iv) in paragraph (c), after “conserving” insert “ wild birds, ”,\n(v) after that paragraph insert—\n“(ca) for the purpose of conserving any area of natural habitat;”,\n(c) in subsection (4), for “section 14” substitute “ sections 14 and 14A ”,\n(d) after subsection (4) insert—\n“(4A) The appropriate authority shall not grant a licence under subsection (4) permitting anything to be done in contravention of section 6(1) or (2) unless it is satisfied that there is no other satisfactory solution.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 15 in force at 1.10.2004 by S.S.I. 2004/407, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2004/6/schedule/6/paragraph/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:36.867450+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}