Section 16A(2)

The management objectives of the national site network are— to maintain at, or where appropriate restore to, a favourable conservation status in their natural range (so far as it lies in the United Kingdom’s territory, and so far as is proportionate)— the natural habitat types listed in Annex I to the Habitats Directive; the species listed in Annex II to that Directive whose natural range includes any part of the United Kingdom’s territory; to contribute, in their area of distribution, to ensuring the survival and reproduction of— the species of birds listed in Annex I to the new Wild Birds Directive which naturally occur in the United Kingdom’s territory; regularly occurring migratory species of birds not listed in that Annex which naturally occur in the United Kingdom’s territory; to contribute, to securing compliance with the requirements of Article 2 of the new Wild Birds Directive for the purposes of the duty in regulation 9(1) in relation to the species of birds in paragraph (b) within their area of distribution.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30