Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. III extended by Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41, SIF 46:1), s. 15(7)
(1)The council of a county or county borough [F1or in Scotland [F2a [F3general or district] planning authority]] shall have power to provide, or secure the provision of, nature reserves on any land in their area (not being land held by, or managed in accordance with an agreement entered into with [F4the appropriate conservation body]) as to which it appears to the council expedient that it should be managed as a nature reserve.
(2), (3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5
(4)The foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act shall apply to the provision of nature reserves by local authorities under this section with the substitution for references to [F6the appropriate conservation body[F7, the [F8Natural Resources Body for Wales]] or Scottish Natural Heritage] of references to the local authority and as if the[F9 references in subsection (1) of sections sixteen and seventeen respectively of this Act to the national interest included references] [F9 reference in subsection (1) of section 17 of this Act to the national interest were a reference] to the interests of the locality.
(5)A local authority may, as respects any land which is being managed as a nature reserve by the authority, enter into an agreement with any drainage authority for the exercise by the drainage authority, on such terms as to payment or otherwise as may be specified in the agreement, of any power of doing work exercisable by the local authority under the foregoing provisions of this section.
(6)A local authority shall exercise their functions under this Part of this Act in consultation with [F10the appropriate conservation body].
(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11
Textual Amendments
F1Words inserted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65, SIF 81:2), Sch. 27 Pt. II para. 100
F2Words substituted (S.) by Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 43, SIF 81:2), s. 10
F3Words in s. 21(1) repealed (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(2), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(d), Sch. 2
F4Words in s. 21(1) substituted (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), s. 107, Sch. 11 para. 15(e); S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)
F5S. 21(2)(3) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70, SIF 81:1), Sch. 30
F6Words in s. 21(4) substituted (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), s. 107, Sch. 11 para. 19; S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)
F7Words in s. 21(4) omitted (E.W.) (21.5.2016) by Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 3), s. 88(2)(a), Sch. 2 para. 1(4)(a)
F8Words in s. 21(4) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 18 (with Sch. 7)
F9Words in s. 21(4) substituted (E.W.) (21.5.2016) by virtue of Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 3), s. 88(2)(a), Sch. 2 para. 1(4)(b)
F10Words in s. 21(6) substituted (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), s. 107, Sch. 11 para. 15(e); S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)
F11S. 21(7) repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 21 amended (E.W.) by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70, SIF 81:1), Sch. 17 para. 34
C3S. 21 extended (E.W.) (19.9.1995) by 1995 c. 25, ss. 70, 125, Sch. 9 para. 3 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117, Sch. 8 para. 7)
s. 21 extended (S.)(8.9.2000) by 2000 asp 10, s. 9, Sch. 3 para. 2 (with s. 32); S.I. 2000/312, art. 2