Section 24 Amendment or revocation of nature conservation ordersI1

(1)

The Scottish Ministers may by order amend or revoke a nature conservation order (and an order under this subsection is, in this Act, referred to as an amending order or, as the case may be, a revoking order).

(2)

An amending order may—

(a)

add to the prohibited operations specified in a nature conservation order, modify the description of any prohibited operation so specified or remove any prohibited operation so specified from the order,

(b)

amend any circumstances specified in a nature conservation order in relation to an operation by virtue of section 23(1)(b),

(c)

extend or restrict the area of land to which a nature conservation order relates.

(3)

An amending order has effect on being made.

(4)

A nature conservation order which is amended by an amending order has effect, for so long as the amending order has effect, as amended.

(5)

A revoking order may revoke a nature conservation order in relation to part only of the land to which the nature conservation order relates.

(6)

A revoking order has effect on being made.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: S. 24 in force at 29.11.2004 by S.S.I. 2004/495, art. 2

Notes on Chapter 2

Modifications

C1: Pt. 2 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 1994/2716, regs. 19, 20 (as substituted (29.11.2004) by Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/475), regs. 1(1), 9 (with regs. 20-21)) (as amended (6.4.2011) by The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/155), regs. 1(1), 5 and (31.1.2020) by The Conservation (Natural Habitats, c.) (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/113), regs. 1, 14(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))