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SCHEDULE 9U.K. Amendment of Enactments conferring Nature Conservancy Functions

National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (c. 97)U.K.

1(1)The National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 shall be amended as follows.E+W+S

(2)After section 15 there shall be inserted the following section—

“15A Meaning of “Nature Conservancy Council”.

In this Part of this Act references to “the Nature Conservancy Council” are references—

(a)in relation to land in England, to the Nature Conservancy Council for England;

(b)in relation to land in Scotland, to the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland; and

(c)in relation to land in Wales, to the Countryside Council for Wales.”

F1(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)In section 103 (general provisions as to acquisition of land)—

(a)in subsection (1), after the words “the Nature Conservancy Council” there shall be inserted the words “ (as defined in section 15A of this Act) ”; and

F1(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5)In section 106 (supplementary provisions as to bye-laws), in subsection (1), after the words “the Nature Conservancy Council” there shall be inserted the words “ (as defined in section 15A of this Act) ”.