Whether it will list the bodies and individuals with a statutory entitlement to object on scientific grounds to the designation of (a) Site…

Answered Asked by Tavish Scott LD Lodged 4 Oct 2001

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the bodies and individuals with a statutory entitlement to object on scientific grounds to the designation of (a) Sites of Special Scientific Interest, (b) Special Protection Areas and (c) Special Areas of Conservation.

The answer

Answered by Rhona Brankin on 1 Nov 2001 · 28 days after it was lodged, on time

Under S.28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Scottish ministers, the local authority and every owner and occupier of property within a proposed Sites of Special Scientific Interest are entitled to be consulted and to object to notification on scientific, or any other, grounds. There is no statutory entitlement to object to Special Protection Area or Special Area of Conservation proposals.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-18854 by reference.