The Red Rocks and Longay Urgent Marine Conservation Order 2021

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 131

Environmental Protection

Marine Management

The Red Rocks and Longay Urgent Marine Conservation Order 2021

Made

at 11.00 a.m. on 10th March 2021

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

at 3.00 p.m. on 10th March 2021

Coming into force

17th March 2021

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 85(1)(a), (2) and (4), 86(1) and (3), 92(1) and 93(1) of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 85(1)(a) of that Act, this Order is made for the purpose of furthering the stated conservation objectives for the Red Rocks and Longay MPA(2).

In accordance with section 88(1) of that Act, the Scottish Ministers consider there is an urgent need to protect the area as respects which this Order is made (and so an urgent need to make this Order).

(1)

2010 asp 5.

(2)

The Red Rocks and Longay MPA was designated as a nature conservation marine protected area by, and described in article 3 of, the Red Rocks and Longay Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area Order 2021 (“the MPA Order”). The MPA Order is available at https://www.gov.scot/policies/marine-environment/marine-protected-areas/. The conservation objectives are stated in article 5 of the MPA Order.