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Best Value for Biodiversity

Appendix 1

Primary and Secondary Legislation and Key Policy Documents


Primary Legislation

  • National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949
  • Forestry Act 1967
  • Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967
  • Countryside Act 1968
  • Conservation of Seals Act 1970
  • Forestry Act 1979
  • Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
  • Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988
  • Environmental Protection Act 1990
  • Town and Country Planning Act 1990
  • Planning and Compensation Act 1991
  • Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991
  • Deer Act 1991
  • Water Industry Act 1991
  • Water Resources Act 1991
  • Land Drainage Act 1991
  • Sea Fisheries (Wildlife Conservation) Act 1992
  • Protection of Badgers Act 1992
  • Land Drainage Act 1994
  • Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994
  • Environment Act 1995
  • Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996
  • Countryside And Rights of Way Act 2000
  • Local Government Act 2000

Secondary Legislation

  • The Forestry (Felling of Trees) Regulations 1979, S.I. 1979 No.791
  • The Forestry (Exceptions from Restrictions of Felling) Regulations 1979, S.I. No. 792
  • Wildlife and Countryside (Registration to Sell etc. Certain Dead Wild Birds) Regulations 1982; S.I. 1982 No 1219
  • Wildlife and Countryside (Ringing of Certain Birds) Regulations 1982, S.I. 1982 No 1220
  • Wildlife and Countryside (Registration and Ringing of Certain Captive Birds) Regulations 1982, S.I. 1982 No 1221
  • Wildlife and Countryside (Claims for Compensation under section 30) Regulations 1982, S.I. 1982 No 1346
  • The Deer (Close Seasons) (Scotland) Order 1984, S.I. 1984 No 76
  • The Deer (Firearms) (Scotland) Order 1985, S.I. 1985 No 1168
  • The Environmental Assessment (Afforestation) Regulations 1988, S.I. 1988 No 1207
  • The Conservation of Seals (Common Seals) (Shetland Islands Area) Order 1991, S.I. 1991 No 2638
  • The Conservation of Seals (England) Order 1993, S.I. 1993 No 2876
  • The Conservation (Natural Habitats &c.) Regulations 1994, S.I. 1994 No 2716
  • List of Wild Birds (Sundays) Orders
  • List of Orders establishing Areas of Special Protection for Birds
  • List of Orders designating Environmentally Sensitive Areas.
  • The Hedgerow Regulations 1997, S.I. 1997 No 1160
  • The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999, S.I. 1999 No 293.

Policy Guidance

  • Planning Policy Guidance Nature Conservation, (PPG) No 9 1994
  • Mineral Planning Guidance The Reclamation of Mineral Workings (MPG) No 7 1996
  • Scottish Office Circular No. 6/1995: Nature Conservation
  • Technical Advice Note (Wales) 5 Nature Conservation and Planning 1996
  • Welsh Office Planning Guidance (Wales) Planning Policy, first revision 1999
  • Planning Policy Guidance The Countryside - Environmental Quality and Economic and Social Development 1997
  • Circular No 11/95 The Use of Conditions in Planning Permissions (in Wales WO 35/95)
  • Circular No 1/97 Planning Obligations (in Wales WO 13/99)
  • Mineral Planning Policy Wales 2001
  • Circular No 04/01 Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2001

 

   


Document Date: September 2001
Last Updated: September 2001

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