{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981/section-27AA",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981/section-27AA.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/69",
  "legislation_title": "Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981",
  "path": "section/27AA",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27AA",
  "heading": "Application of sections 28 to 34 in Wales",
  "text": "(1) In relation to land in Wales, sections 28 to 34 (which relate to sites of special scientific interest and limestone pavements) have effect as if references to Natural England were references to the Natural Resources Body for Wales and as if section 28D(2)(d) were omitted.\n(2) Subsection (3) applies where—\n(a) any provision of sections 28 to 34 requires the Natural Resources Body for Wales to give a notification or notice to the local planning authority in whose area land is situated, and\n(b) all or part of the land is included in a strategic planning area designated under section 60D of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 the area of a corporate joint committee to which Part 6 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 applies by virtue of regulations under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 .\n(3) The Natural Resources Body for Wales must also give the notification or notice to the strategic planning panel for the strategic planning area that corporate joint committee .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 27AA and preceding heading inserted (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), ss. 105(1), 107, Sch. 11 para. 78; S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 27AA(1): s. 27AA renumbered as s. 27AA(1) (6.9.2015 for specified purposes, 7.1.2021 in so far as not already in force) by Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4), s. 58(2)(b)(4)(b), Sch. 2 para. 6(2); S.I. 2021/7, reg. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 27AA substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 172 (with Sch. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 27AA(2)(3) inserted (6.9.2015 for specified purposes, 7.1.2021 in so far as not already in force) by Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4), s. 58(2)(b)(4)(b), Sch. 2 para. 6(3); S.I. 2021/7, reg. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 27AA(2)(b) substituted (W.) (21.1.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(1)(e), Sch. 9 para. 21(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 27AA(3) substituted (W.) (21.1.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(1)(e), Sch. 9 para. 21(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/69/section/27AA",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:49.503545+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."
}