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Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004

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CONTENTS

PART 1
BIODIVERSITY
Section 
1Duty to further the conservation of biodiversity
2Scottish Biodiversity Strategy

PART 2
CONSERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF NATURAL FEATURES
CHAPTER 1
SITES OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST
Notification of sites of special scientific interest
3Duty to give notification of sites of special scientific interest
4Site management statements
5Enlargement of sites of special scientific interest
6Review of operations requiring consent
7Addition or modification of operations requiring consent: urgent situations
8Variation of SSSI notifications
9Denotification of sites of special scientific interest
10Notifications relating to sites of special scientific interest: procedure
11Effect of SSSI notification

Exercise of functions in relation to sites of special scientific interest
12Exercise of functions by public bodies etc.

Operations affecting sites of special scientific interest
13Operations by public bodies etc.
14Operations by public bodies etc.: authorised operations
15Consent by certain regulatory authorities
16Operations by owners or occupiers of sites of special scientific interest
17Operations by owners or occupiers of sites of special scientific interest: authorised operations
18Appeals in connection with operations requiring consent

Offences and byelaws
19Offences in relation to sites of special scientific interest
20Byelaws

Supplementary
21Advisory Committee on sites of special scientific interest
22SSSI register

CHAPTER 2
NATURE CONSERVATION ORDERS
23Nature conservation orders
24Amendment or revocation of nature conservation orders
25Nature conservation orders and related orders: procedure
26Review of nature conservation orders
27Offences in relation to nature conservation orders
28Reports

CHAPTER 3
LAND MANAGEMENT ORDERS
29Proposals for land management orders
30Power to make land management orders
31Content of land management orders
32Review of land management orders
33Land management orders and related orders: procedure
34Appeals in connection with land management orders and related orders
35Effect of land management orders
36Offences in relation to land management orders
37Enforcement of land management orders

CHAPTER 4
GENERAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY
38Ramsar sites
39Acquisition of land by SNH
40Restoration orders
41Signs etc.
42Change of owner or occupier
43Powers of investigation etc.: police
44Powers of entry: authorised persons
45SNH: power to enforce
46Offences: penalties and time limits
47Offences by bodies corporate etc.
48Notices, applications etc.
49Transitional arrangements

PART 3
PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE
50Protection of wildlife
51Scottish Marine Wildlife Watching Code

PART 4
SCOTTISH FOSSIL CODE
52Scottish Fossil Code

PART 5
GENERAL
53Orders and regulations: general
54Guidance
55Crown application
56Ancillary provision
57Minor and consequential amendments and repeals
58Interpretation
59Short title and commencement
 

 
    Schedule 1-Notifications relating to sites of special scientific interest: procedure
    Schedule 2-Nature conservation orders and related orders: procedure
    Schedule 3-Land management orders and related orders: procedure
    Schedule 4-Powers of entry of authorised persons: further provision
    Schedule 5-Part 2: transitional arrangements
    Schedule 6-Protection of wildlife
    Schedule 7-Minor and consequential amendments and repeals
 


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