Part 2Conservation and enhancement of natural features
Chapter 4General and supplementary
I138Ramsar sites
1
Where a wetland situated in Scotland is designated under paragraph 1 of article 2 of the Ramsar Convention for inclusion in the list of wetlands of international importance referred to in that article, the Scottish Ministers must give SNH notice of the designation.
2
SNH must, on receipt of such a notice, give notice of the designation to—
a
every owner and occupier of the wetland or any part of it,
b
the planning authority for the district in which the wetland, or any part of it, is situated,
c
where the wetland, or any part of it, is situated in a National Park and the National Park authority for the National Park is not notified under paragraph (b), the National Park authority,
d
every statutory undertaker which SNH considers may carry out operations which may affect the wetland or any part of it, and
e
every relevant regulatory authority which SNH considers likely to have functions which relate to the wetland or any part of it.
3
The Ramsar Convention is the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat signed at Ramsar on 2nd February 1971, as amended by—
a
the Protocol known as the Paris Protocol done at Paris on 3rd December 1982,
b
the amendments known as the Regina Amendments adopted at the Extraordinary Conference of the Contracting Parties held at Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, between 28th May and 3rd June 1987, and
c
any further amendments coming into force from time to time,
and the reference in subsection (1) to paragraph 1 of article 2 is, if necessary in consequence of any such further amendment or the coming into force of any instrument replacing that Convention, to be taken as referring to the appropriate successor provision.