The Act Making muirburn Section 20—Muirburn season
101.A muirburn licence only allows muirburn to be made for certain purposes during the muirburn season. Section 20 defines the muirburn season.
102.It further empowers the Scottish Ministers to modify what constitutes the muirburn season by regulations if they consider it necessary or expedient to do so in for the reasons set out in section 20(3). Any regulations changing what constitutes the muirburn season will be subject to the affirmative procedure. The affirmative procedure is defined by section 29 of the ILRA 2010. Before making any regulations to change the muirburn season, Scottish Ministers must also consult Scottish Natural Heritage and such other persons as they consider likely to be interested in or affected by the making or muirburn which includes persons involved in managing the land on which muirburn is made.