Part 6Provisions relating to NERC

Consultation of NERC in relation to seals26

1

Any consultation with NERC before 1st April 2018 in respect of a provision specified in paragraph (2) and regarding an authorisation given, or a licence to be granted or varied, a designation to be made, or a review to be undertaken (as the case may be), is to have effect from that date as if it were a consultation with UKRI.

2

The provisions are—

a

in the Conservation of Seals Act 197015—

i

section 3(1) (order prohibiting the killing, injuring or taking of seals);

ii

section 10(3)(a) (power to grant licences);

iii

section 11(1)(a) (authorisation of a person to enter land to obtain information about seals); or

iv

section 11(1)(b) (authorisation of a person to enter land to kill or take seals);

b

paragraph 9(a) of Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 200616 (application of enforcement provisions for the purposes of the conservation of seals); or

c

in the Marine (Scotland) Act 201017—

i

section 116(1) (power to grant a seal licence);

ii

section 117 (designation of a haul-out site);

iii

section 118(2) (designation of a seal conservation area);

iv

section 120(1) (authorisation of a person to enter land to obtain information about seals);

v

section 121(1) (authorisation of a person to enter land to kill or take seals); or

vi

section 129(2)(b) (review of seal licensing regime).