The UK has signed up to a number of international initiatives which deal with the protection of wildlife and its habitat, including Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora. The need to implement its obligations under these agreements together with growing public concern resulted in new legislation and guidance on nature conservation during Autumn 1994.
The Conservation (Natural Habitats & c.) Regulations 1994 (in force 30th October 1994)
The Regulations implement the 1992 Habitats Directive and include provisions which:
deal with the selection of European sites which are to be
protected in accordance with the terms of the Habitats Directive
or 1979 Wild Birds Directive;
provide for the setting up of public registers of such sites and
for the notification of nature conservation bodies, landowners and
the European Commission;
the use of management agreements between owners and occupiers and
the relevant
