European Union Habitats (River Boyne and River Blackwater Special Area of Conservation 002299) Regulations 2024 (S.I. No. 451/2024).

These Regulations designate a land area as a Special Protection Area in accordance with Article 4 of Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Conservation of Wild Birds. The indicative map contained in Schedule 1 showing the boundary of the Special Area of Conservation shall be drawn to such convenient scale as the Minister thinks fit and sealed and shall be deposited in the offices of the Minister. The Minister shall also establish and publish particular conservation objectives; prepare more detailed maps; etc. In the Special protective Area a person shall not carry out any activity specified in Schedule 4 within the Special Area of Conservation except with, and in accordance with, consent given by the Minister under Regulation 30 of the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011), (Regulation 2011), the section also consider exemptions. OTher provisions concern penalties and offences.