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The Wildlife and Countryside (Isles of Scilly) Order 2001

S.I. 2001/1805 · Made 8 May 2001

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COUNTRYSIDE

Made 8th May 2001

Coming into force 12th June 2001

The Secretary of State, after consultation with the Council of the Isles of Scilly, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 111 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949f1 and section 68 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981f2, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1949 c. 97. See also section 46(1) of the Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41).

f2

1981 c. 69.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside (Isles of Scilly) Order 1973
  3. 3Amendment of the Wildlife and Countryside (Isles of Scilly) Order 1983
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Wildlife and Countryside (Isles of Scilly) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 12th June 2001.

2Amendment of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside (Isles of Scilly) Order 1973

In article 3 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside (Isles of Scilly) Order 1973f1, after the words “and the Countryside Act 1968” there is inserted—

“(as amended by Part III of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000)f2”.

3Amendment of the Wildlife and Countryside (Isles of Scilly) Order 1983

In article 2 of the Wildlife and Countryside (Isles of Scilly) Order 1983f1 after the words “of Part II” there is inserted—

“(as amended by Part III of, and Part III of Schedule 16 to, the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 and section 102 of that Act in so far as it relates to Part III of that Schedule)”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Bob Ainsworth

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

8th May 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Countryside Act 1968 is applied to the Isles of Scilly as if those Isles were a separate county (subject to certain modifications) by the National Parks and Access to the Countryside (Isles of Scilly) Order 1973 (“the 1973 Order”).

Parts II and III of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 are applied to the Isles of Scilly as if those Isles were a separate county (subject to a modification) by the Wildlife and Countryside (Isles of Scilly) Order 1983 (“the 1983 Order”).

Part III of, and Part III of Schedule 16 to, the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 make substantial amendments to the legislation relating to nature conservation which is applied to the Isles of Scilly by the 1973 and 1983 Orders. This Order amends the 1973 and 1983 Orders so as to apply those amendments to the Isles of Scilly.