{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nature-conservation-scotland-act-2004/section-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nature-conservation-scotland-act-2004/section-26.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2004/6",
  "legislation_title": "Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nature-conservation-scotland-act-2004",
  "path": "section/26",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Review of nature conservation orders",
  "text": "(1) The Scottish Ministers may, when they think fit, review a nature conservation order for the purposes of determining whether they should make an amending order or a revoking order in relation to it.\n(2) The Scottish Ministers must carry out—\n(a) the first such review within 6 years of the date on which the nature conservation order was made,\n(b) any subsequent such review within 6 years of the previous review.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 26 in force at 29.11.2004 by S.S.I. 2004/495, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2004/6/section/26",
    "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."
}