Amendments proposed to the Countryside and Rights of Way Bill - continued	House of Commons
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Mrs Helen Brinton

421

Schedule     9,     page     67,     line     24,     at end insert—

    '(7) Where the Council does not assent to the proposed operation or assents to the proposed operation but with conditions, any dispute between the Council and a statutory undertaker shall be determined by a person appointed for the purpose—

(a) by agreement between the Council and the section 28E authority; or

(b) failing such an agreement, by the Secretary of State, and on any such reference the person so appointed may confirm the decision of the Council or give the section 28E authority such directions as he think appropriate.'.

   

Ms Candy Atherton

606

Schedule     9,     page     67,     line     24,     at end insert—

    '(7) The authority shall, after consultation with the Nature Conservancy Council, restore the flora, fauna or geological or physiographical features by reason of which a site of special scientific interest is of special interest to its former condition where practicable and where not practicable shall provide suitable compensation.'.

   

Mrs Helen Brinton

418

Schedule     9,     page     67,     line     25,     leave out from beginning to end of line 3 on page 68.

   

Mr Michael Meacher

692

Schedule     9,     page     67,     line     31,     leave out 'written'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

666

Schedule     9,     page     67,     line     32,     at end insert 'and every owner and occupier of that land'.

   

Mr Michael Meacher

693

Schedule     9,     page     67,     line     34,     leave out 'forming part of' and insert 'included in'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Damian Green
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

617

Schedule     9,     page     67,     line     40,     at end insert 'and shall take into account any conditions imposed by any existing management agreement'.

   

Mr Michael Meacher

694

Schedule     9,     page     67,     line     48,     leave out 'written'.

   

Mr Michael Meacher

695

Schedule     9,     page     67,     line     49,     after 'Council,', insert 'the notice to include a statement of how (if at all) the authority has taken account of the Council's advice,'.

   

Mr David Heath

486

Schedule     9,     page     68,     line     12,     at end insert—

'( ) enhancing them; or'.

   

Mr David Heath

487

Schedule     9,     page     68,     line     13,     leave out 'both' and insert 'all of these'.

   

Mr Damian Green
Mr James Paice
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

667

Schedule     9,     page     68,     line     13,     at end insert—

    '(2A) The management scheme may specify that access provided under section 2(1) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 should be excluded for reasons under section 28H(2)(a).'.

   

Mr David Heath

488

Schedule     9,     page     69,     line     25,     after 'conserved', insert ', enhanced'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Damian Green
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

637

Schedule     9,     page     69,     line     30,     after 'conclude', insert 'following arbitration under section 50,'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Damian Green
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

638

Schedule     9,     page     69,     line     43,     at end insert ', and in all cases where the Council serves such a notice the Council shall defray any costs necessarily incurred by the owner or occupier in complying with the notice'.

   

Mr Michael Meacher

696

Schedule     9,     page     69,     line     45,     leave out '28K(4) to (6)' and insert '28K(2) to (4)'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Damian Green
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

639

Schedule     9,     page     71,     line     42,     at end insert—

    '(2A) The Council shall make one or more payments to any owner or occupier of land in relation to which a management notice under section 28I is in force who necessarily incurs costs by reason of undertaking the work or other things specified in the notice.'.

   

Mr David Heath

489

Schedule     9,     page     72,     line     3,     after 'interest', insert 'or land which in the opinion of the Council would be desirable for the purpose of securing the special interest of a site of special scientific interest, conserving species listed in Schedules 1, 5 or 8 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, or conserving species and habitats which in the opinion of the Secretary of State are priorities for action under the Convention on Biological Diversity'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Damian Green
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

640

Schedule     9,     page     72,     line     6,     leave out 'on terms appearing to them to be reasonable,' and insert 'following the exercise of its powers under sections 28H and 28I and the hearing of any appeal under section 28J,'.

   

Mr James Paice
Mr Damian Green
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

641

Schedule     9,     page     72,     line     19,     at end insert—

'(c) enter into a management agreement with another person, or lease it, or any interest in it (other than a freehold interest)'.

   

Mr David Heath

490

Schedule     9,     page     73,     line     3,     leave out 'or damages' and insert ', damages or disturbs'.

   

Mr David Heath

491

Schedule     9,     page     73,     line     5,     after 'interest', insert 'or the habitats or species upon which the notified interest depends'.

   

Mr David Lepper
Mr Gordon Prentice

467

Schedule     9,     page     73,     line     5,     leave out from 'interest' to end of line 7.

   

Mr David Lepper
Mr Gordon Prentice

465

Schedule     9,     page     73,     line     23,     leave out paragraph 2 and insert—

    '2.—(1) Section 29 of the 1981 Act (special protection for certain areas of special scientific interest) shall be amended as follows.

    (2) In the title, the words "of special scientific interest" are omitted.

    (3) In subsection (1)(a) for the words "securing the survival in Great Britain of any kind of animal or plant or of complying with an international obligation" there is substituted "conserving species listed in Schedules 1, 5 or 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and species and habitats which in the opinion of the Secretary of State are priorities for action under the Convention on Biological Diversity".

    (4) In subsection (1)(b), after "features", there is inserted "notified as being of special interest".

    (5) In subsection (3), the words "Subject to subsection (4)," are omitted.

    (6) Subsections (2), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (10) are omitted.

    (7) After subsection (11) there is inserted—

    "(12) This section does not apply to owners and occupiers of land which is a site of special scientific interest".'.

   

Mr David Lepper
Mr Michael Meacher

660

Schedule     9,     page     73,     line     31,     after '28M(1)', insert ', (2)'.

   

Mr David Lepper

661

Schedule     9,     page     73,     line     33,     leave out 'on which it was carried out'.

   

Mr David Lepper
Mr Gordon Prentice

466

Schedule     9,     page     73,     line     34,     after '28M(5)', insert 'or 29'.

   

Mr Michael Meacher

698

Schedule     9,     page     73,     line     45,     leave out ' "site' and insert—

'"notice" and "notification" mean notice or notification in writing;

"site'.

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Mr Michael Meacher

673

Clause     63,     page     34,     line     23,     after 'Act' insert 'and also makes other consequential amendments'.

   

Mr Michael Meacher

674

Clause     63,     page     34,     line     24,     leave out subsection (2).

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Mr Michael Meacher

699

Schedule     10,     page     76,     line     15,     at end insert—

'Part II

Other amendments

The Conservation of Seals Act 1970 (c. 30)

    3. In section 10 of the Conservation of Seals Act 1970 (power to grant licences to kill or take seals), in subsection (4), for paragraph (b) there is substituted—

"(b) is a site of special scientific interest (within the meaning of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981); or".

The Highways Act 1980 (c. 66)

    4. In section 105A of the Highways Act 1980 (environmental impact assessments), in subsection (6), for paragraph (a) there is substituted—

"(a) a site of special scientific interest (within the meaning of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981);".

The Channel Tunnel Act 1987 (c. 53)

    5. In section 9 of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987 (planning permission), for subsection (7) there is substituted—

    "(7) Section 28G of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (statutory undertakers: duty in relation to authorising operations) shall not apply in relation to any operation which is connected with the carrying out of any works authorised to be carried out by this Act and which is carried out within the limits of land to be acquired for any of those works, and neither shall the following—
(a) sections 28C(1) (prohibition of operations on land forming part of a site of special scientific interest), in relation to an owner or occupier other than an authority to which section 28E of that Act applies;
(b) sections 28E(2) (general duty of statutory undertakers) and 28F (duty of statutory undertakers when carrying out operations), in relation to such an authority."

The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8)

    6. In section 87 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (exclusion of certain descriptions of land or development from a simplified planning development), in subsection (1), for paragraph (f) there is substituted—

"(f) land within a site of special scientific interest (within the meaning of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981).".

The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43)

    7. In section 36 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (grant of waste management licences), in subsection (7), for "land which has been notified under section 28(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (protection for certain areas)" there is substituted "within a site of special scientific interest (within the meaning of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981)".

The Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56)

    8. In section 156 of the Water Industry Act 1991 (restriction on disposals of land), in subsection (8), for paragraph (b) in the definition of "area of outstanding natural beauty or special scientific interest" there is substituted—

"(b) is a site of special scientific interest within the meaning of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981;".

The Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)

    9. In Schedule 13 to the Environment Act 1995 (review of old mineral planning permissions), for paragraph 2(4)(b) there is substituted—

"(b) a site of special scientific interest (within the meaning of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981);".

The Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996 (c. 61)

    10. In Schedule 10 to the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996 (disapplication and modification of miscellaneous controls), for paragraph 6 and the heading preceding it there is substituted—

"Sites of special scientific interest

    6. Section 28G of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (statutory undertakers: duty in relation to authorising operations) shall not apply to any operation carried out for the purposes of or in connection with the exercise of any of the powers conferred by this Part of this Act with respect to works, and neither shall the following—
(a) sections 28C(1) (prohibition of operations on land forming part of a site of special scientific interest), in relation to an owner or occupier other than an authority to which section 28E of that Act applies;
(b) sections 28E(2) (general duty of statutory undertakers) and 28F (duty of statutory undertakers when carrying out operations), in relation to such an authority.".'.

Prepared 16 May 2000