Part 5National Parks and the Broads
I163Notification of agricultural operations on moor and heath in National Parks
1
Amend section 42 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69) (notification of agricultural operations on moor and heath in National Parks) as follows.
2
In subsection (1)—
a
for “The Ministers” substitute “
A National Park authority
”
, and
b
for “a National Park” substitute “
the relevant Park
”
.
3
In subsection (2)(b), for “the Ministers” substitute “
the National Park authority
”
.
4
In subsection (6), for “the Ministers, the Nature Conservancy Council and the Countryside Agency” substitute “
Natural England
”
.
5
For subsection (8) substitute—
8
An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument and the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 shall apply to such an instrument as if the order had been made by a Minister of the Crown.
6
In section 51 (powers of entry), in subsection (2)(c), omit “the Ministers or”.