The Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (Scotland) Regulations 1999

Interpretation

1.  For the purposes of this Schedule–

• “sensitive area” means–

  (a)

  land notified under subsection (1) of section 28 (areas of special scientific interest) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(1);

  (b)

  land to which subsection (3) of section 29 (nature conservancy orders) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 applies;

  (c)

  a property appearing on the World Heritage List kept under article 11(2) of the 1972 UNESCO Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage(2);

  (d)

  a scheduled monument within the meaning of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979(3);

  (e)

  an area designated as a Natural Heritage Area by a direction made by the Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers under section 6(2) of the Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991(4) or as a National Scenic Area by a direction made by the Secretary of State under section 262C of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972(5);

  (f)

  a European site within the meaning of regulation 10 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats etc.) Regulations 1994(6);

• “specified threshold” means any threshold specified in hectares in Column 2 or 3 of the Table in paragraph 2 below.