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3.—(1) This regulation defines “other protected areas” for the purposes of section 4A of the Act.
(2) “Other protected areas” are areas of land at a depth of less than 1,200 metres beneath—
(a)a National Park;
(b)the Broads;
(c)an area of outstanding natural beauty; or
(d)a World Heritage site.
(3) In this regulation—
“National Park” has the same meaning as in the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949(1);
“the Broads” has the same meaning as in the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988(2);
“area of outstanding natural beauty” has the same meaning as in Part 4 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000(3); and
“World Heritage site” means a property appearing on the World Heritage List kept under article 11(2) of the UNESCO Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage adopted at Paris on 16th November 1972(4).
1949 c.97; relevant amendments are made by Part 3 of the Environment Act 1995 (c.25).
2000 c.37; relevant amendments are made to section 82 by the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c.16).
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