s.12Changes in status of protected areas
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Section 12Part 3 — CONSERVATION OF LAND

Changes in status of protected areas

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The Cabinet may, after consultation with the Council, and subject to subsection (2), by order, remove the designation of any land as a protected area by amending or revoking an order made under section 7.
An order by the Cabinet under this section shall include reasons for removing the designation of any land as a protected area and may direct the Council to identify a similar area under section 9 to replace the area from which the designation has been removed where the Council has not already done so.
The Council, during a consultation under this section and before making any recommendation, shall publish a notice of the intention to remove the designation in at least two issues of a public newspaper circulating in the Islands in each of two consecutive weeks.
The notice referred to in subsection (2) shall —
identify the land concerned and explain the effects of the recommendation;
specify a place or places, which shall include a place in the district where the land is located, where copies of the proposal may be inspected by the public; and
state the address to which written objections or representations with regard to the consultation should be sent.
No order shall be made under subsection (1) unless —
if the land is listed under any of the Conventions, such procedures as the Convention may require for any change in its status are followed; and
the Council submits to the Cabinet its recommendations and all written objections and representations made under this section.

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