Schedules
Schedule 12Transitional provision relating to MCZs
1
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.
2
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.
3
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.
4
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.