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The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (Wales) Regulations 2009

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Sites of special scientific interest

4.—(1) In the case of a site of special scientific interest, the damage must be to—

(a)the species or habitats notified under section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 M1; or

(b)protected species or natural habitats.

(2) The damage must have an adverse effect on the integrity of the site (that is, the coherence of its ecological structure and function, across its whole area, that enables it to sustain the habitat, complex of habitats or the levels of populations of the species affected).

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M11981 c. 69. Part II of the Act (which includes section 28) was inserted by Schedule 9 to the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37) and subsequently amended by Schedule 11 to the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16).

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