Schedules
Schedule 12Transitional provision relating to MCZs
I11
In this Schedule—
“the 1981 Act” means the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69);
“the commencement date”, in relation to an area, means the date on which paragraph 2 of Schedule 11 comes into force in relation to that area.
I22
1
Any area which, immediately before the commencement date, is designated by an order under section 36 of the 1981 Act as a marine nature reserve is to be treated, on and after that date, as if it were a marine conservation zone designated by an order under section 116.
2
The designation having effect by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) includes (in accordance with section 118(6)(b)) the area of land designated by the order under section 36, together with all of the water covering that land.
I33
Any byelaw which, immediately before the commencement date, is in force under section 37 of the 1981 Act for the protection of any area designated as a marine nature reserve has effect, on and after that date, as if it were—
a
in the case of an area in England, a byelaw made under section 129;
b
in the case of an area in Wales, an order made under section 134.
I44
Any provision of this Chapter which—
a
confers any function on the MMO, and
b
comes into force before the date on which section 1 of this Act comes into force,
has effect until that date as if it conferred that function on the Secretary of State.