Part 5Marine protection and enhancement: the Scottish marine protection area
Demonstration and Research MPAs
72Demonstration and Research MPAs: further provision
(1)
A designation order designating an area as a Demonstration and Research MPA—
(a)
must identify the area’s boundaries,
(b)
may provide for a boundary to be determined by, or by reference to, mean high water spring tide.
(2)
A Demonstration and Research MPA may include (in addition to an area of sea referred to in section 67(1)) an area of seashore lying above mean high water spring tide if—
(a)
the area of seashore adjoins the area of sea, and
(b)
the inclusion of the area of seashore is necessary to further or support the purpose for which the area of sea is designated.