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3. In regulation 33—
(a)after paragraph (2)(d) insert–
“(da)where it is for the protection of the environment, and subject to paragraph (3A) below, the conservation or promotion of biological diversity through–
(i)the provision, conservation, restoration or enhancement of a natural habitat; or
(ii)the maintenance or recovery of a species in its natural habitat,
on land or in water situated in the vicinity of a landfill site;”
(b)after paragraph (2) insert–
“(2A) In paragraph (2)(da) above “biological diversity” has the same meaning as in the United Nations Environmental Programme Convention on Biological Diversity of 1992 (1).”
(c)after paragraph (3) insert–
“(3A) An object shall not be, or shall no longer be, regarded as falling within paragraph (2)(da) above if it involves works which–
(a)are required to be carried out by a notice or order within paragraph (4) below;
(b)are required to be carried out in accordance with an agreement made under section 16 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949(2);
(c)are required to be carried out in accordance with an agreement made under section 15 of the Countryside Act 1968(3);
(d)give effect to any provision of a management scheme under section 28J of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 or are required to be carried out by a notice served under section 28K of that Act(4);
(e)are wholly or partly required to be carried out by a relevant condition; or
(f)are carried out with a view to profit.”
(d)in paragraph (10), after “(3)” insert “, (3A)”.
Cm. 2915.
1949 c. 97; section 16 was amended by the Nature Conservancy Council Act 1973 (c. 54), sections 1(1)(b), (7) and Schedule 1, paragraph 1. References to the Nature Conservancy Council are references to the bodies mentioned in section 15A of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 which was inserted by the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43), section 132 and Schedule 9, paragraphs 1(1), (2), and amended by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37) section 73(4) and Schedule 8, paragraph 1(a) and the Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 28) section 4(10) and Schedule 2, paragraphs 1(1), (2).
1968 c. 41; section 15 was amended by the Nature Conservancy Act 1973, section 1 and Schedule 1, paragraph 9, the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981(c. 69), sections 72(8), 73 and Schedule 17, Part I, the Environmental Protection Act 1990, sections 132, 162(2) and Schedule 9 paragraphs 4(1), 2(a) and Schedule 16, Part VI, the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, section 73(4) and Schedule 8, paragraph 1(c)(i) and the Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991, section 4(10) and Schedule 2, paragraph 3.
1981 c. 69; sections 28J and 28K were inserted by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, section 75(1) and Schedule 9, paragraph 1.
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