Wildlife and Countryside

SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

NATIONAL PARKS AND ACCESS TO THE COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1949 (As Amended)

Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 19 (4) of the above 1949 Act that by the St. Kilda National Nature Reserve No. 2 Declaration 2003 dated 22nd September 2003, it was declared by Scottish Natural Heritage that the St. Kilda Group of Islands extending to 871.86 hectares or thereby in the former Parish of Harris and County of Inverness is managed by The National Trust for Scotland for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, a body approved by Scottish Natural Heritage for the purposes of the Nature Reserve in terms of Section 35(5) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, as a Nature Reserve under the provisions of the Act with effect from 9th October 2003.

Certified copies of the Declaration with plans annexed have been deposited for public inspection free of charge as undernoted and may be inspected during the period of one month following 9th October 2003:

Western Isles Council

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

Sandwick Road

Stornoway

Isle of Lewis HS1 2BW

Western Isle Council

Harris Office

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

Tarbert HS3 3BG

Western Isles Council

Uist Office

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

Balivanich

Benbecula HS7 5JA

Scottish Natural Heritage

135 Stilligarry

Grogarry

South Uist HS8 5RS

Scottish Natural Heritage

32-34 Francis Street

Stornoway

Isle of Lewis HS1 2ND

National Trust for Scotland

The National Trust Office

Balnain House

40 Huntly Street

Inverness

Scottish Natural Heritage

2 Anderson Place

Edinburgh EH6 5NP

Scottish Natural Heritage

12 Hope Terrace

Edinburgh EH9 2AS

All during normal office hours.