SCHEDULE 2DEVELOPMENT PLANNING: FURTHER AMENDMENTS

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)

I15

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 is amended as follows.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

Sch. 2 para. 5 partly in force; Sch. 2 para. 5 in force for specified purposes at 6.9.2015, see s. 58(2)(b)(4)(b)

I26

1

Section 27AA (sites of special scientific interest and limestone pavements: application of provisions in Wales) is amended as follows.

2

The existing provision becomes subsection (1).

3

After subsection (1) insert—

2

Subsection (3) applies where—

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

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.

3

The Natural Resources Body for Wales must also give the notification or notice to the strategic planning panel for the strategic planning area.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I2

Sch. 2 para. 6 partly in force; Sch. 2 para. 6 in force for specified purposes at 6.9.2015, see s. 58(2)(b)(4)(b)

I37

In section 37A (notification of designation of Ramsar sites), after subsection (2A) insert—

2B

Subject to subsection (3), upon receipt of a notification under subsection (1) relating to a wetland all or part of which is in a strategic planning area designated under section 60D of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, the Natural Resources Body for Wales shall, in turn, notify the strategic planning panel for that area.