Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16)

Part 5 E+W National Parks and the Broads

63 Notification of agricultural operations on moor and heath in National Parks E+W

(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”.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 63 in force at 1.10.2006 by S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)