Scottish Statutory Instruments
Environmental Protection
Marine Management
Made
1st February 2022
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
3rd February 2022
Coming into force
16th March 2022
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 88(6) of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 88(7) of that Act, the Scottish Ministers intend to make a marine conservation order (a “permanent order”) in respect of the Red Rocks and Longay MPA(2) (in accordance with the requirements of section 87 of that Act), and they have published notice of their proposal to make the permanent order(3).
1. This Order may be cited as the Red Rocks and Longay Urgent Marine Conservation (No. 2) Order 2021 (Urgent Continuation) Order 2022 and comes into force on 16 March 2022.
2. The Red Rocks and Longay Urgent Marine Conservation (No. 2) Order 2021(4) is to remain in force until the end of 10 March 2023.
MAIRI GOUGEON
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
1st February 2022
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order is an “urgent continuation order” which provides that the Red Rocks and Longay Marine Conservation (No. 2) Order 2021 (“the 2021 Order”), an “urgent marine conservation order”, remains in force until the end of 10 March 2023. The 2021 Order would otherwise remain in force until the end of 16 March 2022.
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 (No. 2) 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. The MPA Order was made by the Scottish Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 67(1)(a), 68, 69(1), 74 and 79(1) of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010. By virtue of section 165(3) of that Act that Order is not a Scottish statutory instrument.
Notice of the Scottish Ministers’ proposal to make the permanent order is available at https://consult.gov.scot/marine-conservation/red-rocks-longay-marine-protected-area.