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23.—[F2(1) No person to whom notice is given in accordance with this regulation shall carry out on any land within a European site in respect of which a special nature conservation order is in force, or in the place by reference to which the operation is specified, any operation specified in the order, unless the notice condition specified in paragraph (1A) and the consent condition specified in paragraph (2) are fulfilled.
(1A) The notice condition is—
(a)where the operation is carried out on land, that—
(i)the operation is carried out, or caused or permitted to be carried out, by the owner or occupier of the land; and
(ii)after notice is given, one of them has given the appropriate nature conservation body written notice of a proposal to carry out the operation, specifying its nature and where it is proposed to carry it out; and
(b)in any other case, that, after notice is given, the person proposing to carry out the operation has given the appropriate nature conservation body written notice of a proposal to carry out the operation, specifying its nature and where it is proposed to carry it out.]
(2) [F3The consent condition is]–
(a)that the operation is carried out with the written consent of the appropriate nature conservation body; [F4or]
(b)that the operation is carried out in accordance with the terms of a management agreement.
[F5(2A) A consent under paragraph (2)(a) may be given—
(a)subject to conditions, and
(b)for a limited period,
specified in the consent.
(2B) In respect of any land within a European site in respect of which a special nature conservation order is made, the Secretary of State may serve a notice on any person carrying out, or proposing to carry out, any operation of a kind specified in that order which appears to the Secretary of State to be likely to destroy or damage the flora, fauna, or geological or physiographical features by reason of which the land is a European site.
(2C) The notice served under paragraph (2B) shall specify—
(a)details of the operation;
(b)details of the European site to which the notice relates; and
(c)the date on which the notice takes effect.
(2D) Where the identity of a person carrying out, or proposing to carry out, the operation is not reasonably ascertainable, the Secretary of State may, instead of serving a notice under paragraph (2B), publish a notice in one local newspaper circulating in the area in which the land to which the notice relates is situated, and affix a copy or copies of the notice to some conspicuous object or objects on the land to which the notice relates.]
(3) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable–
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3) it is a reasonable excuse for a person to carry out an operation–
(a)that the operation was an emergency operation particulars of which (including details of the emergency) were notified to the appropriate nature conservation body as soon as practicable after the commencement of the operation; or
(b)that the operation was authorised by a planning permission granted on an application under Part III of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 or Part III of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972.]
Textual Amendments
F1Regs. 23-27 revoked (S.) (29.11.2004) by The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/475), regs. 1(1), 22(a) (with regs. 20, 21)
F2Reg. 23(1)(1A) substituted for reg. 23(1) (1.10.2009) by The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2438), regs. 1(1), 10(2)(a) (with reg. 12)
F3Words in reg. 23(2) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2438), regs. 1(1), 10(2)(b)(i) (with reg. 12)
F4Word in reg. 23(2) inserted (1.10.2009) by The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2438), regs. 1(1), 10(2)(b)(ii) (with reg. 12)
F5Reg. 23(2A)-(2D) inserted (1.10.2009) by The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2438), regs. 1(1), 10(2)(c) (with reg. 12)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 23 in force at 30.10.1994, see reg. 1(2)
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