Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2026
Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2026 (2026 asp 6)
- Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2026 (2026 asp 6)
- Part 1 Targets for improving biodiversity
- 1 Targets for improving biodiversity
- 2 Reports on compliance with biodiversity duty
- Part 2 National parks
- Modification of aims and purposes of National Parks
- 3 Aims of National Parks
- Policy statement on National Parks
- 4 Policy statement on National Parks
- National Park proposals
- 5 Advice before making National Park proposals
- Reports on National Park proposals
- 6 Choice of reporter for National Park proposals
- Definitions for the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000
- 7 Definitions for the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000
- Duties in respect of National Parks
- 8 Duty to facilitate implementation of National Park Plans
- National Park authorities as local authorities for access rights
- 9 Meaning of local authority for the purpose of access rights
- Enforcement of National Park byelaws
- 10 Power to make regulations for the issuing of fixed penalty notices
- Part 3 Deer management
- Aims and purposes of deer management
- 11 Aims and purposes of deer management
- Membership of advisory panels
- 12 Scottish Natural Heritage representation on advisory panels
- Code of practice on deer management
- 13 Code of practice on deer management
- Deer management plans, control agreements and control schemes
- 14 Grounds for intervention
- 15 Deer management plans
- 16 Control agreements
- 17 Right to request action where deer are not being managed
- 18 Control schemes
- 19 Recovery of costs and expenses
- 20 Limitation of criminal liability
- Preventing or stopping damage by deer
- 21 Measures to prevent damage by deer
- 22 Action to prevent or stop harm to persons
- National deer management and venison plan
- 23 National deer management and venison plan
- 24 National deer management and venison plan: matters which may be considered
- 25 National deer management and venison plan: initial consideration of matters relating to venison
- SNH investigatory powers
- 26 Power to enter on land
- 27 Power to require information and documents
- 28 Giving notices electronically
- Authorisations for particular activities
- 29 Authorisation for taking or killing deer during close seasons
- 30 Authorisation for taking or killing deer at night
- 31 Authorisation for use of vehicles to drive deer
- 32 Offence of shooting deer with a shotgun
- 33 Register of authorised persons
- 34 Repeal of obligation to carry out competence review
- 35 Requirement to be fit and competent for certain authorisations
- 36 Repeal of saving of right to take deer on land
- 37 Right of occupier or grazings committee to prevent damage by deer
- Stray farmed deer
- 38 Liability for taking or killing stray farmed deer
- Licensing of dealing in venison
- 39 Removal of requirements related to licensing to deal in venison
- Review of modifications
- 40 Review of modifications to the Deer (Scotland) Act 1996
- Part 4 Miscellaneous and general
- Building regulations: swift nest box
- 41 Building regulations: swift nest box
- Marine protection
- 42 Nature conservation marine protected areas: climate adaptation
- Salmon and freshwater fishing
- 43 Modification of offences and penalties related to fishing
- Report on penalties in sea fisheries legislation
- 44 Report on penalties in sea fisheries legislation
- Gulls
- 45 Report on gull population
- Scallop shells
- 46 Guidance about scallop shells
- Wildlife licensing
- 47 Licensing: protection of mountain hares
- 48 Licensing: land on which certain birds may be killed or taken
- Wildfires
- 49 Wildfires: enabling local authorities to issue fixed penalty notices
- Meaning of public authority in the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004
- 50 Meaning of public authority etc. in the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004
- Ramsar sites
- 51 Further provision about Ramsar sites
- Forestry
- 52 Sustainable forest management
- 53 Forestry: offence of unauthorised felling
- Improvement plans under the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021
- 54 Procedure to approve improvement plans
- Muirburn
- 55 Muirburn licensing: making muirburn for purpose of approved training course
- 56 Muirburn licensing: grounds for grant of licence
- General
- 57 Regulations
- 58 Ancillary provision
- 59 Commencement
- 60 Short title
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