3(1)Section 31 of the 1981 Act (restoration where order under section 29 is contravened) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)For subsection (1) there is substituted—
“(1)Where—
(a)the operation in respect of which a person is convicted of an offence under section 28P(1), (2) or (3) has destroyed or damaged any of the flora, fauna or geological or physiographical features by reason of which a site of special scientific interest is of special interest, or
(b)a person is convicted of an offence under section 28P(6),
the court by which he is convicted, in addition to dealing with him in any other way, may make an order requiring him to carry out, within such period as may be specified in the order, such operations (whether on land included in the site of special scientific interest or not) as may be so specified for the purpose of restoring the site of special scientific interest to its former condition.”
(3)For the sidenote, there is substituted “ Restoration following offence under section 28P. ”.