Pilot Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan - Sustainability Appraisal

Appendix F Footnotes

¹ Scottish Government (2012) July 2012, Habitats Regulations Appraisal ( HRA) Advice Sheet. Screening general policies and applying simple mitigation measures. Advice sheet No. 2 (Version 1).

² Scottish Natural Heritage (2015) January 2015, Habitats Regulations Appraisal of Plans: Guidance for Plan-Making Bodies in Scotland, Version 3.0 [online] Available at: http://www.snh.gov.uk/docs/A1500925.pdf (accessed 19/05/2015)

³ Directive 92/43/ EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora [online] Available at: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/legislation/habitatsdirective/index_en.htm (accessed 12/12/2014)

⁴ Directive 79/409/ EEC as amended on the conservation of wild birds [online] Available at: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/legislation/birdsdirective/index_en.htm (accessed 12/12/2014)

⁵ JNCC and SNH (2014) The suite of Scottish marine dSPAs [online] Available at: http://www.snh.gov.uk/docs/A1350044.pdf (accessed 12/12/2014)

⁶ SNH (2013) Species Protection under the Habitats Regulations 1994 [online] Available at: http://www.snh.gov.uk/protecting-scotlands-nature/protected-species/legal-framework/habitats-directive/regulations/ (accessed 12/12/2014)

⁷ SNH (2012) Habitats Regulations Appraisal of Plans Guidance for Plan-Making Bodies in Scotland, Version 2.0, August 2012 [online] Available at: http://www.snh.gov.uk/docs/B1116296.pdf (accessed 10/12/2014)

⁸ Marine Scotland (2013) Planning Scotland’s Seas [online] Available at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/marine/marine-consultation (accessed 09/02/2015)

⁹ SNH (2012) Habitats Regulations Appraisal of Plans Guidance for Plan-Making Bodies in Scotland, Version 2.0, August 2012 [online] Available at: http://www.snh.gov.uk/docs/B1116296.pdf (accessed 10/12/2014)

¹⁰ SNH (2012) Habitats Regulations Appraisal of Plans Guidance for Plan-Making Bodies in Scotland, Version 2.0, August 2012, Page 58 [online] Available at: http://www.snh.gov.uk/docs/B1116296.pdf (accessed 10/12/2014)

¹¹ SNH (2012) Habitats Regulations Appraisal of Plans Guidance for Plan-Making Bodies in Scotland, Version 2.0, August 2012 [online] Available at: http://www.snh.gov.uk/docs/B1116296.pdf (accessed 10/12/2014)

¹² SNH (2012) Habitats Regulations Appraisal of Plans Guidance for Plan-Making Bodies in Scotland, Version 2.0, August 2012, Page 58 [online] Available at: http://www.snh.gov.uk/docs/B1116296.pdf (accessed 10/12/2014)

¹³ SNHi [online] Available at: http://www.snh.gov.uk/publications-data-and-research/snhi-information-service/map/ (accessed 09/02/2015)

¹⁴ SNH (2015) Natura Sites and the Habitats and Birds Directives [online] Available at: http://www.snh.gov.uk/protecting-scotlands-nature/protected-areas/international-designations/natura-sites/ (accessed 09/02/2015)