Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004

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Jurisdiction	Scotland
Citation	2004 asp 6
Year	2004

(1) It is the duty of every public body and office-holder, in exercising any functions, to further the conservation of biodiversity so far as is consistent with the proper exercise of those functions.any strategy designated under section 2(1) , andthe United Nations Environmental Programme Convention on Biological Diversity of 5 June 1992 as amended from time to time (or any United Nations Convention replacing that Convention) .(1) The Scottish Ministers must designate as the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy one or more strategies for the conservation of biodiversity (whether prepared by them or by one or more other persons) .(2) The Scottish Ministers must publish any strategy so designated in such manner (including on the internet or by other electronic means) as they think fit.

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Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004
Part 1: Biodiversity

1: Duty to further the conservation of biodiversity

2: Scottish Biodiversity Strategy

2A: Reports on compliance with biodiversity duty

Part 2: Conservation and enhancement of natural features

Notification of sites of special scientific interest

3: Duty to give notification of sites of special scientific interest
4: Site management statements
5: Enlargement of sites of special scientific interest
5A: Combining sites of special scientific interest
6: Review of operations requiring consent
7: Addition or modification of operations requiring consent: urgent situations
8: Variation of SSSI notifications
9: Denotification of sites of special scientific interest
10: Notifications relating to sites of special scientific interest: procedure
11: Effect of SSSI notification

Exercise of functions in relation to sites of special scientific interest

12: Exercise of functions by public bodies etc.

Operations affecting sites of special scientific interest

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

Offences and byelaws

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

Restoration notices

20A: Restoration notices

Supplementary

21: Representations to SNH on sites of special scientific interest
22: SSSI register

23: Nature conservation orders

24: Amendment or revocation of nature conservation orders

25: Nature conservation orders and related orders: procedure
26: Review of nature conservation orders

27: Offences in relation to nature conservation orders

28: Reports
29: Proposals for land management orders

30: Power to make land management orders

31: Content of land management orders

32: Review of land management orders

33: Land management orders and related orders: procedure
34: Appeals in connection with land management orders and related orders

35: Effect of land management orders

36: Offences in relation to land management orders

37: Enforcement of land management orders

38: Ramsar sites

39: Acquisition of land by SNH

40: Restoration orders

41: Signs etc.

42: Change of owner or occupier

43: Powers of investigation etc.: police

44: Powers of entry: authorised persons

45: SNH: power to enforce

46: Offences: penalties and time limits

47: Offences by bodies corporate etc.

48: Notices, applications etc.

49: Transitional arrangements

Part 3: Protection of wildlife

50: Protection of wildlife
51: Scottish Marine Wildlife Watching Code

Part 4: Scottish Fossil Code

52: Scottish Fossil Code

Part 5: General

53: Orders and regulations: general

54: Guidance

55: Crown application

56: Ancillary provision
57: Minor and consequential amendments and repeals
58: Interpretation

59: Short title and commencement

SCHEDULE 1 (introduced by section 10)
Notifications relating to sites of special scientific interest: procedure

SCHEDULE 2 (introduced by section 25)
Nature conservation orders and related orders: procedure

SCHEDULE 3 (introduced by section 33)
Land management orders and related orders: procedure

SCHEDULE 4 (introduced by section 44)
Powers of entry of authorised persons: further provision

SCHEDULE 5 (introduced by section 49)
Part 2: transitional arrangements

SCHEDULE 6 (introduced by section 50)
Protection of wildlife

SCHEDULE 7 (introduced by section 57)
Minor and consequential amendments and repeals

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