Wildlife and Countryside (Byelaws for Marine Nature Reserves) Regulations 1986

Modifications in respect of byelaws authorised by an order under section 36 of the 1981 Act

3.—(1) Where the Nature Conservancy Council are authorised by an order made by the Secretary of State under section 36 of the 1981 Act to make byelaws under section 37 of that Act, sections 236 to 238 of the 1972 Act in their application to such byelaws shall have effect subject to the modifications prescribed in this regulation.

(2) The modifications are as follows—

(a)In section 236 of the 1972 Act,—

(i)for subsection (3) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

“(3) The byelaws shall be made under the common seal of the Nature Conservancy Council.”;

(ii)subsections (4), (5), (6), (7) and (11) shall be omitted;

(iii)in subsection (8), for the words “when confirmed” there shall be substituted the words “when made”; and

(iv)for subsections (9) and (10) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

“(9) The Nature Conservancy Council shall send a copy of every byelaw made by them,—

(a)to the proper officer of the council of each county, district and London borough comprising the whole or any part of the area to which the byelaws apply,

(b)to the proper officer of the council (whether separate or common) of every parish or community comprising the whole or any part of the area to which the byelaws apply or, in the case of a parish not having a council, to the chairman of the parish meeting, and the proper officer of the parish or community council or chairman of the parish meeting, as the case may be, shall cause a copy to be deposited with the public documents of the parish or community, and a copy so deposited shall at all reasonable hours be open to public inspection without payment, and

(c)to such other persons or places as the Secretary of State may in any particular case notify in writing to the Nature Conservancy Council.”.

(b)In section 237 of the 1972 Act, for “level 2 on the standard scale” there shall be substituted “£1000”.

(c)In section 238 of the 1972 Act, paragraphs (c) and (d) shall be omitted.