The Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 2) Amendment Order 2011

This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.S.I. 2011/433 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2011 No. 437 (C. 38)

Wildlife

The Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 2) Amendment Order 2011

Made

8th December 2011

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

12th December 2011

Coming into force

26th December 2011

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 43(1) and (2)(a) of the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011(1):

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 2) Amendment Order 2011 and comes into force on 26th December 2011.

Amendment of Commencement No. 2 Order

2.—(1) The Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 2) Order(2) is amended as follows.

(2) In article 2 (appointed days), in paragraph (4), for “1st April 2013” substitute “1st January 2013”.

RICHARD LOCHHEAD

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

8th December 2011

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends an error in the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 2) Order, with the effect that section 13 (snares) of the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 comes into force on 1 January 2013 so far as not already in force on that date.