PART 6Nature and biodiversity

Local nature recovery strategies

I1I2108Interpretation

1

This section has effect for the purposes of sections 104 to 107.

2

Local authority” means—

a

a county or district council in England;

b

a London borough council;

c

the Common Council of the City of London;

d

the Council of the Isles of Scilly.

3

National conservation site” means—

a

a site of special scientific interest, within the meaning of Part 2 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981;

b

a national nature reserve declared in accordance with section 35 of that Act;

c

a Ramsar site, within the meaning of section 37A of that Act;

d

a marine conservation zone designated under section 116 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;

e

a European site, within the meaning of regulation 8 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1012).