Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 1927 of 2012).

These Regulations amend the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 and transpose certain aspects of Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds. They, among other things: provide that Part 6 of the principal Regulations has effect in relation to plans and projects affecting European sites in the United Kingdom; concern conservation functions and duties of public bodies for compliance with the Habitats Directive (Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora) and the Birds Directive (Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of wild birds); simplify the provisions applying to cases where land which is a site of special scientific interest under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 is also a European site under the principal Regulations; and provide that management schemes may be established for European marine sites in order to secure compliance with the requirements of the Birds Directive as well as the Habitats Directive.