| Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 |
| 2004 asp 6 - continued |
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PART 3 |
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PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE |
| 50 | Protection of wildlife
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| | Schedule 6 sets out amendments and repeals to the 1981 Act and to the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 (c.51).
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| 51 | Scottish Marine Wildlife Watching Code
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(1) SNH must prepare and issue a code, to be known as the Scottish Marine Wildlife Watching Code, setting out recommendations, advice and information relating to commercial and leisure activities involving the watching of marine wildlife.
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(2) The Code may, in particular, contain information on-
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(a) activities which are likely to disturb marine wildlife, |
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(b) circumstances in which marine wildlife may be approached, and |
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(c) the manner in which marine wildlife may best be viewed with minimum disturbance. |
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(3) SNH must review the Code from time to time and may, following such a review, revise it.
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(4) SNH must-
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(a) before preparing the Code, and |
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consult such persons appearing to them to have an interest in marine wildlife watching and such other persons as it thinks fit.
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(5) SNH must-
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(a) publish the Code and any revisions to it in such manner (including on the internet or by other electronic means) as it thinks fit, and |
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(b) promote awareness and understanding of the Code and any revisions to it. |
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