http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1013/regulation/2/2020-12-31The Conservation of Offshore Marine Habitats and Species Regulations 2017texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabaseWILDLIFE2024-02-12Expert Participation2020-12-31 These Regulations consolidate the Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1842) with subsequent amending instruments, and make minor modifications reflecting changes to related legislation. The instruments being consolidated by these Regulations made, amongst things, provision for implementing Council Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds (OJ No. L20, 26.01.2010, p.7.) and Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ No. L206, 22.7.92, p.7) in relation to marine areas where the United Kingdom has jurisdiction beyond its territorial sea. The Regulations make provision in relation to the offshore marine area, offshore marine installations and certain ships and aircraft. The “offshore marine area” is defined in regulation 2(1). PART 1INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONSInterpretation21In these Regulations—the 1994 Regulations” means the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 ;the 2017 Regulations” means the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 ; “the United Kingdom territory” means “the United Kingdom (including its internal waters), the territorial sea adjacent and the offshore marine area; a British aircraft” means an aircraft registered in the United Kingdom;British fishery limits” has the meaning given by the Fishery Limits Act 1976 ;competent authority” has the meaning given in regulation 5;competent authority in Scotland” means a competent authority whose functions are exercisable solely in or as regards Scotland or the Scottish offshore region;competent authority in Wales” means a competent authority whose functions are exercisable solely in relation to Wales or the Welsh offshore region;DAERA” means Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;devolved administrations” means the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers and, in Northern Ireland, the DAERA;Energy Act licence” means a licence which is granted (or is to be granted) under Part 1 of the Energy Act 2008 ;European offshore marine site” has the meaning given by regulation 18;European protected species” means the species of animals listed in Schedule 1;European site” has the meaning given by regulation 27;functions” includes powers and duties;the Habitats Directive” means Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, and any reference to an Annex to that Directive is a reference to that Annex as amended from time to time under regulation 144 of the 2017 Regulations;installation abandonment measures” means any measures taken in connection with the abandonment of—an offshore installation within the meaning of Part 4 of the Petroleum Act 1998 , or submarine pipeline within the meaning of that Part; ora carbon storage installation, within the meaning of section 30 of the Energy Act 2008 ;whether or not the measures are taken in pursuance of an abandonment programme, and for this purpose “an abandonment programme” means—an abandonment programme under Part 4 of the Petroleum Act 1998; andan abandonment programme under that Part, as it applies by virtue of section 30 of the Energy Act 2008;the Joint Committee” means the Joint Nature Conservation Committee ;management scheme” means—for the purposes of regulation 22(3)(c), a scheme established under regulation 34 of the 1994 Regulations, regulation 29 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 or regulation 38 of the 2017 Regulations; andfor all other purposes, a scheme established under regulation 22(1); “the national site network” means the network of sites in the United Kingdom’s territory consisting of such sites as—immediately before exit day formed part of Natura 2000; orat any time on or after exit day are European sites or European marine sites for the purposes of any of the retained transposing regulations; Natura 2000” means the European network of special areas of conservation, and special protection areas under the Wild Birds Directive, provided for by Article 3(1) of the Habitats Directive (but see paragraphs (3) and (4));Northern Ireland department” has the same meaning as in the Northern Ireland Act 1998 ;the offshore marine area” means—any part of the seabed and subsoil situated in any area designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 ; andany part of the waters within British fishery limits (except the internal waters of, and the territorial sea adjacent to, the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man);offshore marine installation” means any artificial island, installation or structure (other than a ship) which is situated—in any part of the waters in any area designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964; orin any part of the waters in any area designated under section 84(4) of the Energy Act 2004 ;Petroleum Act approval” means an approval of an abandonment programme under section 32 of the Petroleum Act 1998 ;Petroleum Act authorisation” means an authorisation granted pursuant to section 14 of the Petroleum Act 1998 relating to the construction or use of a pipe-line;Petroleum Act licence” means a licence which is granted under or has effect as if granted under the Petroleum Act 1998, or a licence which is to be granted under that Act;Petroleum or Energy Act consent” means—a consent granted pursuant to a Petroleum Act licence or an Energy Act licence, including any consent required pursuant to the Offshore Petroleum Productions and Pipe-lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999 or the Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration, Production, Unloading and Storage (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2020; ora consent granted pursuant to regulation 4(1) of the Offshore Petroleum Activities (Conservation of Habitats) Regulations 2001 ;premises” includes land, buildings, movable structures, ships and vehicles;the register” means the register of European offshore marine sites provided for by regulation 19; “the relevant administration”, except where otherwise specified, means—in relation to a site within the Scottish offshore region, the Scottish Ministers;in relation to a site within the Welsh offshore region, the Welsh Ministers; andin relation to any other site, the Secretary of State; “the retained transposing regulations”, means—the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994;the Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995;the 2017 Regulations; andthese Regulations; Scotland” has the same meaning as in the Scotland Act 1998 ;Scottish inshore region” means the area of sea within the seaward limits of the territorial sea adjacent to Scotland;Scottish offshore region” means so much of the offshore marine area as—consists of waters within the Scottish zone and the sea bed and subsoil subjacent to those waters;areas which lie outside the Scottish zone but which are nearer to any point on the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to Scotland is measured than to any point on the baselines in any other part of the United Kingdom;Scottish zone” has the same meaning as in the Scotland Act 1998 ;ship” means any vessel (including hovercraft, submersible craft and other floating craft) other than one which permanently rests on, or is permanently attached to, the seabed;statutory undertaker” means a person who is, or is deemed to be, a statutory undertaker for the purposes of any provision of Part 11 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 , Part 10 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 or the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 ;territorial sea” means the territorial sea of the United Kingdom;third country ship” means a ship which—is flying the flag of, or is registered in, any State or territory other than the United Kingdom; andis not registered in the United Kingdom;Wales” has the same meaning as in the Government of Wales Act 2006 ;the Welsh inshore region” means the area of sea within the seaward limits of the territorial sea adjacent to Wales;the Welsh offshore region” means so much of the offshore marine area as consists of waters within the Welsh Zone and the sea bed and subsoil subjacent to those waters;the Welsh Zone” has the same meaning as in the Government of Wales Act 2006 ;wild bird” means a bird which—is a member of a species referred to in Article 1 of the Wild Birds Directive; andis wild;the Wild Birds Directive” means Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of wild birds and any reference to an Annex to that Directive is a reference to the Annex as amended from time to time under regulation 144 of the 2017 Regulations for the purposes specified in paragraph (1) of that regulation;wildlife officer” means a person authorised under regulation 58;“within devolved competence”—in relation to Scotland is to be construed in accordance with section 54 of the Scotland Act 1998; andin relation to Wales is to be construed in accordance with section 108 of the Government of Wales Act 2006, or (upon its coming into force) section 108A of that Act .2Unless the context suggests otherwise,—aexpressions used in these Regulations and in the Habitats Directive have the same meaning as in that Directive; andbexpressions used in these Regulations and in the Wild Birds Directive (but not in the Habitats Directive) have the same meaning as in the Wild Birds Directive.3For the purposes of these Regulations, and any guidance issued by the Secretary of State, the devolved administrations or the Joint Committee relating to the application of these Regulations, on or after exit day, references to “Natura 2000” (other than in this regulation) are to be construed as references to the national site network.4Paragraph (3) does not affect the interpretation of these Regulations as they had effect, or any guidance as it applied, before exit day.5The Habitats Directive is to be construed for the purposes of these Regulations as if—aany reference to “the European territory of Member States to which the Treaty applies” included a reference to the United Kingdom;bany reference to “Member State” or “Member States” included a reference to the United Kingdom;cany reference to “of Community interest”, included, in relation to the United Kingdom, a reference to “of national interest”;din Article 1(d) and (h), the reference to “the Community” were a reference to “the European Union or the United Kingdom”; andein Article 1(1), the reference to “a site of Community importance designated by the Member States” included, in relation to the United Kingdom, a reference to a site of national importance designated under any of the retained transposing regulations.6The Wild Birds Directive is to be construed for the purposes of these Regulations as if any reference to “the European territory of the Member States to which the Treaty applies” included a reference to the United Kingdom.S.I. 1994/2716, to which relevant amendments have been made by the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25), paragraph 233 of Schedule 22, the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 2), paragraphs 14 and 16 of Schedule 2; and by S.I. 1996/525, 1996/973, 1997/3055, 1999/1820, 2000/192, 2000/1973 and 2007/1843 and S.S.I. 2000/323 and 2004/475.S.I. 2017/1012.1976 c. 86.2008 c. 32.OJ No. L206, 22.7.92, p.7, as last amended by Council Directive 2013/17/EU (OJ No. L 158, 10.6.2013, p.193), and see OJ No. L 80, 21.3.2007, p.15, for the corrigendum amending the original title.1998 c. 17.The definition of “carbon storage installation” in section 30(5) was amended by S.I. 2011/2453.The Joint Committee was continued in existence by section 31 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16) and reconstituted in accordance with Schedule 4 to that Act.S.R. (N.I.) 1995 No. 380.1998 c. 47.1964 c. 29. Section 1(7) was amended by the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (c. 23) section 37 and Schedule 3, paragraph 1. Areas have been designated under section 1(7) by S.I. 1987/1265, 2000/3062 and 2001/3670.2004 c. 20. Section 84(4) was substituted by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), Schedule 4, paragraph 4. An area has been designated under section 84(4) by S.I. 2004/2668.1998 c. 17. Section 32 was amended by the Energy Act 2016 (c. 20), Schedule 2, paragraphs 1 and 4.S.I. 1999/360, amended by S.I. 2007/933, 2011/1043 and 2016/912.S.I. 2001/1754, amended by S.I. 2007/77.1998 c. 46.1998 c. 46. See sections 126(1) and (2) of that Act.1990 c. 8. Section 262, which defines “statutory undertakers”, was amended by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34), Schedule 6, paragraph 22; the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27), section 76; and the Transport Act 2000 (c. 38), Schedule 5, paragraph 6; and by S.I. 2001/1149 and 2013/755.1997 c. 8. Section 214, which defines “statutory undertakers”, was amended by the Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27), section 76; and the Transport Act 2000 (c. 38), Schedule 5, paragraph 10; and by S.I. 2001/1149.2011 c. 25.2006 c. 32. See section 158(1).See section 158(1). The definition of “the Welsh zone” was inserted by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), section 43(1) and (2).OJ No. L 20, 26.1.10, p.7, last amended by Council Directive 2013/17/EU (OJ No. L158, 10.6.2013, p.193).2006 c. 32. Section 108A is substituted for section 108 by the Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), section 3(1), as from a date to be appointed.Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/579), regs. 1, 33(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/579), regs. 1, 33(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/579), regs. 1, 33(2)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/579), regs. 1, 33(2)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/579), regs. 1, 33(2)(e); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/579), regs. 1, 33(2)(f)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/579), regs. 1, 33(2)(f)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/579), regs. 1, 33(2)(g); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Reg. 2(3)-(6) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/579), regs. 1, 33(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in reg. 2 inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before 11 p.m.) by The Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration, Production, Unloading and Storage (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1497), reg. 1(1), Sch. 7 para. 6(2) (with reg. 1(2)-(6), 20)
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” has the meaning given by regulation 18;
</Text>
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<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-european-protected-species">European protected species</Term>
” means the species of animals listed in Schedule 1;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-european-site">European site</Term>
” has the meaning given by regulation 27;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-functions">functions</Term>
” includes powers and duties;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-the-habitats-directive">the Habitats Directive</Term>
” means Council Directive
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/1992/0043" id="c00001" Class="EuropeanEconomicCommunityDirective" Year="1992" Number="43">92/43/EEC</Citation>
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23067691"/>
on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, and any reference to an Annex to that Directive is a reference to that Annex as amended from time to time
<Addition ChangeId="key-16982b54319623584f125321f92af260-1641914686420" CommentaryRef="key-16982b54319623584f125321f92af260">under regulation 144 of the 2017 Regulations</Addition>
;
</Text>
</Para>
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<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-installation-abandonment-measures">installation abandonment measures</Term>
” means any measures taken in connection with the abandonment of—
</Text>
</Para>
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<Para>
<Text>
an offshore installation within the meaning of Part 4 of the Petroleum Act 1998
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23067701"/>
, or submarine pipeline within the meaning of that Part; or
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
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<Para>
<Text>
a carbon storage installation, within the meaning of section 30 of the Energy Act 2008
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23067711"/>
;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Para>
<Text>
whether or not the measures are taken in pursuance of an abandonment programme, and for this purpose “
<Term id="term-an-abandonment-programme">an abandonment programme</Term>
” means—
</Text>
</Para>
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<ListItem NumberOverride="a">
<Para>
<Text>an abandonment programme under Part 4 of the Petroleum Act 1998; and</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="b">
<Para>
<Text>an abandonment programme under that Part, as it applies by virtue of section 30 of the Energy Act 2008;</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-the-joint-committee">the Joint Committee</Term>
” means the Joint Nature Conservation Committee
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23067721"/>
;
</Text>
</Para>
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<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-management-scheme">management scheme</Term>
” means—
</Text>
</Para>
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<ListItem NumberOverride="a">
<Para>
<Text>
for the purposes of regulation 22(3)(c), a scheme established under regulation 34 of the 1994 Regulations, regulation 29 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23067731"/>
or regulation 38 of the 2017 Regulations; and
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
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<Para>
<Text>for all other purposes, a scheme established under regulation 22(1);</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-665801580d507f1746ab0f6dd5e93560-1641914728287" CommentaryRef="key-665801580d507f1746ab0f6dd5e93560">“the national site network” means the network of sites in the United Kingdom’s territory consisting of such sites as—</Addition>
</Text>
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<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-665801580d507f1746ab0f6dd5e93560-1641914728287" CommentaryRef="key-665801580d507f1746ab0f6dd5e93560">immediately before exit day formed part of Natura 2000; or</Addition>
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-665801580d507f1746ab0f6dd5e93560-1641914728287" CommentaryRef="key-665801580d507f1746ab0f6dd5e93560">at any time on or after exit day are European sites or European marine sites for the purposes of any of the retained transposing regulations;</Addition>
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-natura-2000">Natura 2000</Term>
” means the European network of special areas of conservation, and special protection areas under the Wild Birds Directive, provided for by Article 3(1) of the Habitats Directive
<Addition ChangeId="key-83ce6054ec6e0d43eb818898c09f3665-1641914764738" CommentaryRef="key-83ce6054ec6e0d43eb818898c09f3665">(but see paragraphs (3) and (4))</Addition>
;
</Text>
</Para>
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<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-northern-ireland-department">Northern Ireland department</Term>
” has the same meaning as in the Northern Ireland Act 1998
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23067741"/>
;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-the-offshore-marine-area">the offshore marine area</Term>
” means—
</Text>
</Para>
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<ListItem NumberOverride="a">
<Para>
<Text>
any part of the seabed and subsoil situated in any area designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23067751"/>
; and
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="b">
<Para>
<Text>any part of the waters within British fishery limits (except the internal waters of, and the territorial sea adjacent to, the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man);</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-offshore-marine-installation">offshore marine installation</Term>
” means any artificial island, installation or structure (other than a ship) which is situated—
</Text>
</Para>
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<ListItem NumberOverride="a">
<Para>
<Text>in any part of the waters in any area designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964; or</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="b">
<Para>
<Text>
in any part of the waters in any area designated under section 84(4) of the Energy Act 2004
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23067761"/>
;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-petroleum-act-approval">Petroleum Act approval</Term>
” means an approval of an abandonment programme under section 32 of the Petroleum Act 1998
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23067771"/>
;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-petroleum-act-authorisation">Petroleum Act authorisation</Term>
” means an authorisation granted pursuant to section 14 of the Petroleum Act 1998 relating to the construction or use of a pipe-line;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-petroleum-act-licence">Petroleum Act licence</Term>
” means a licence which is granted under or has effect as if granted under the Petroleum Act 1998, or a licence which is to be granted under that Act;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-petroleum-or-energy-act-consent">Petroleum or Energy Act consent</Term>
” means—
</Text>
</Para>
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<ListItem NumberOverride="a">
<Para>
<Text>
a consent granted pursuant to a Petroleum Act licence or an Energy Act licence, including any consent required pursuant to the Offshore Petroleum Productions and Pipe-lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23067781"/>
<Addition ChangeId="key-ab5f6388613953dff679d6ecd6c154c5-1641915058069" CommentaryRef="key-ab5f6388613953dff679d6ecd6c154c5">or the Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration, Production, Unloading and Storage (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2020</Addition>
; or
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="b">
<Para>
<Text>
a consent granted pursuant to regulation 4(1) of the Offshore Petroleum Activities (Conservation of Habitats) Regulations 2001
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23067791"/>
;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-premises">premises</Term>
” includes land, buildings, movable structures, ships and vehicles;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-the-register">the register</Term>
” means the register of European offshore marine sites provided for by regulation 19;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-a5ce194eb95b001ece4ca2bff433dd32-1641914803254" CommentaryRef="key-a5ce194eb95b001ece4ca2bff433dd32">“the relevant administration”, except where otherwise specified, means—</Addition>
</Text>
<OrderedList Decoration="parens" Type="alpha">
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-a5ce194eb95b001ece4ca2bff433dd32-1641914803254" CommentaryRef="key-a5ce194eb95b001ece4ca2bff433dd32">in relation to a site within the Scottish offshore region, the Scottish Ministers;</Addition>
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-a5ce194eb95b001ece4ca2bff433dd32-1641914803254" CommentaryRef="key-a5ce194eb95b001ece4ca2bff433dd32">in relation to a site within the Welsh offshore region, the Welsh Ministers; and</Addition>
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-a5ce194eb95b001ece4ca2bff433dd32-1641914803254" CommentaryRef="key-a5ce194eb95b001ece4ca2bff433dd32">in relation to any other site, the Secretary of State;</Addition>
</Text>
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</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-a5ce194eb95b001ece4ca2bff433dd32-1641914835045" CommentaryRef="key-a5ce194eb95b001ece4ca2bff433dd32">“the retained transposing regulations”, means—</Addition>
</Text>
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<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-a5ce194eb95b001ece4ca2bff433dd32-1641914835045" CommentaryRef="key-a5ce194eb95b001ece4ca2bff433dd32">the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994;</Addition>
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-a5ce194eb95b001ece4ca2bff433dd32-1641914835045" CommentaryRef="key-a5ce194eb95b001ece4ca2bff433dd32">the Conservation (Natural Habitats, </Addition>
<Abbreviation Expansion="et cetera" xml:lang="la">
<Addition ChangeId="key-a5ce194eb95b001ece4ca2bff433dd32-1641914835045" CommentaryRef="key-a5ce194eb95b001ece4ca2bff433dd32">etc.</Addition>
</Abbreviation>
<Addition ChangeId="key-a5ce194eb95b001ece4ca2bff433dd32-1641914835045" CommentaryRef="key-a5ce194eb95b001ece4ca2bff433dd32">) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995;</Addition>
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-a5ce194eb95b001ece4ca2bff433dd32-1641914835045" CommentaryRef="key-a5ce194eb95b001ece4ca2bff433dd32">the 2017 Regulations; and</Addition>
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-a5ce194eb95b001ece4ca2bff433dd32-1641914835045" CommentaryRef="key-a5ce194eb95b001ece4ca2bff433dd32">these Regulations;</Addition>
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-scotland">Scotland</Term>
” has the same meaning as in the Scotland Act 1998
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23067801"/>
;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-scottish-inshore-region">Scottish inshore region</Term>
” means the area of sea within the seaward limits of the territorial sea adjacent to Scotland;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-scottish-offshore-region">Scottish offshore region</Term>
” means so much of the offshore marine area as—
</Text>
</Para>
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<ListItem NumberOverride="a">
<Para>
<Text>consists of waters within the Scottish zone and the sea bed and subsoil subjacent to those waters;</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="b">
<Para>
<Text>areas which lie outside the Scottish zone but which are nearer to any point on the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to Scotland is measured than to any point on the baselines in any other part of the United Kingdom;</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-scottish-zone">Scottish zone</Term>
” has the same meaning as in the Scotland Act 1998
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23067811"/>
;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-ship">ship</Term>
” means any vessel (including hovercraft, submersible craft and other floating craft) other than one which permanently rests on, or is permanently attached to, the seabed;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-statutory-undertaker">statutory undertaker</Term>
” means a person who is, or is deemed to be, a statutory undertaker for the purposes of any provision of Part 11 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23067821"/>
, Part 10 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23067831"/>
or the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23067841"/>
;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-territorial-sea">territorial sea</Term>
” means the territorial sea of the United Kingdom;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-third-country-ship">third country ship</Term>
” means a ship which—
</Text>
</Para>
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<ListItem NumberOverride="a">
<Para>
<Text>
is flying the flag of, or is registered in, any State or territory
<Substitution ChangeId="key-aaf7c7ac9359928640d3502cb448689f-1641914884566" CommentaryRef="key-aaf7c7ac9359928640d3502cb448689f">other than the United Kingdom</Substitution>
; and
</Text>
</Para>
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<Para>
<Text>
is not registered in
<Substitution ChangeId="key-846f19493ec030636b10fc72baa6aca0-1641914925156" CommentaryRef="key-846f19493ec030636b10fc72baa6aca0">the United Kingdom</Substitution>
;
</Text>
</Para>
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</OrderedList>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-wales">Wales</Term>
” has the same meaning as in the Government of Wales Act 2006
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23067851"/>
;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-the-welsh-inshore-region">the Welsh inshore region</Term>
” means the area of sea within the seaward limits of the territorial sea adjacent to Wales;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-the-welsh-offshore-region">the Welsh offshore region</Term>
” means so much of the offshore marine area as consists of waters within the Welsh Zone and the sea bed and subsoil subjacent to those waters;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-the-welsh-zone">the Welsh Zone</Term>
” has the same meaning as in the Government of Wales Act 2006
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23067861"/>
;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-wild-bird">wild bird</Term>
” means a bird which—
</Text>
</Para>
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<Para>
<Text>is a member of a species referred to in Article 1 of the Wild Birds Directive; and</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="b">
<Para>
<Text>is wild;</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-the-wild-birds-directive">the Wild Birds Directive</Term>
” means Directive
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/2009/0147" id="c00002" Class="EuropeanUnionDirective" Year="2009" Number="147">2009/147/EC</Citation>
of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of wild birds
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23067871"/>
and any reference to an Annex to that Directive is a reference to the Annex as amended from time to time
<Addition ChangeId="key-32631a7d4d08b72fe159c476c159a4b6-1641914961707" CommentaryRef="key-32631a7d4d08b72fe159c476c159a4b6">under regulation 144 of the 2017 Regulations for the purposes specified in paragraph (1) of that regulation</Addition>
;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>
<Term id="term-wildlife-officer">wildlife officer</Term>
” means a person authorised under regulation 58;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Text>“within devolved competence”—</Text>
</Para>
<OrderedList Type="alpha" Decoration="parens">
<ListItem NumberOverride="a">
<Para>
<Text>in relation to Scotland is to be construed in accordance with section 54 of the Scotland Act 1998; and</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="b">
<Para>
<Text>
in relation to Wales is to be construed in accordance with section 108 of the Government of Wales Act 2006, or (upon its coming into force) section 108A of that Act
<CommentaryRef Ref="c23067881"/>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
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</ListItem>
</UnorderedList>
</P2para>
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<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
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<Text>Unless the context suggests otherwise,—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>expressions used in these Regulations and in the Habitats Directive have the same meaning as in that Directive; and</Text>
</P3para>
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<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1013/regulation/2/2/b/2020-12-31" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/1013/regulation/2/2/b" id="regulation-2-2-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>expressions used in these Regulations and in the Wild Birds Directive (but not in the Habitats Directive) have the same meaning as in the Wild Birds Directive.</Text>
</P3para>
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<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1013/regulation/2/3/2020-12-31" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/1013/regulation/2/3" id="regulation-2-3">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0-1641915004917" CommentaryRef="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0">3</Addition>
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<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0-1641915004917" CommentaryRef="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0">For the purposes of these Regulations, and any guidance issued by the Secretary of State, the devolved administrations or the Joint Committee relating to the application of these Regulations, on or after exit day, references to “Natura 2000” (other than in this regulation) are to be construed as references to the national site network.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1013/regulation/2/4/2020-12-31" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/1013/regulation/2/4" id="regulation-2-4">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0-1641915004917" CommentaryRef="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0">4</Addition>
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<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0-1641915004917" CommentaryRef="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0">Paragraph (3) does not affect the interpretation of these Regulations as they had effect, or any guidance as it applied, before exit day.</Addition>
</Text>
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</P2>
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<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0-1641915004917" CommentaryRef="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0">5</Addition>
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<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0-1641915004917" CommentaryRef="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0">The Habitats Directive is to be construed for the purposes of these Regulations as if—</Addition>
</Text>
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<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0-1641915004917" CommentaryRef="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0">a</Addition>
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<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0-1641915004917" CommentaryRef="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0">any reference to “the European territory of Member States to which the Treaty applies” included a reference to the United Kingdom;</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1013/regulation/2/5/b/2020-12-31" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/1013/regulation/2/5/b" id="regulation-2-5-b">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0-1641915004917" CommentaryRef="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0">b</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0-1641915004917" CommentaryRef="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0">any reference to “Member State” or “Member States” included a reference to the United Kingdom;</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
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<Addition ChangeId="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0-1641915004917" CommentaryRef="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0">c</Addition>
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<Addition ChangeId="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0-1641915004917" CommentaryRef="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0">any reference to “of Community interest”, included, in relation to the United Kingdom, a reference to “of national interest”;</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1013/regulation/2/5/d/2020-12-31" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/1013/regulation/2/5/d" id="regulation-2-5-d">
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<Addition ChangeId="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0-1641915004917" CommentaryRef="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0">d</Addition>
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<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0-1641915004917" CommentaryRef="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0">in Article 1(d) and (h), the reference to “the Community” were a reference to “the European Union or the United Kingdom”; and</Addition>
</Text>
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<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0-1641915004917" CommentaryRef="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0">e</Addition>
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<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0-1641915004917" CommentaryRef="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0">in Article 1(1), the reference to “a site of Community importance designated by the Member States” included, in relation to the United Kingdom, a reference to a site of national importance designated under any of the retained transposing regulations.</Addition>
</Text>
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</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
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<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0-1641915004917" CommentaryRef="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0">6</Addition>
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<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0-1641915004917" CommentaryRef="key-1b151c9af75cd8444b808a4811ae4ee0">The Wild Birds Directive is to be construed for the purposes of these Regulations as if any reference to “the European territory of the Member States to which the Treaty applies” included a reference to the United Kingdom.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
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<Commentaries>
<Commentary id="c23067651" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/2716" id="c00016" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1994" Number="2716">S.I. 1994/2716</Citation>
, to which relevant amendments have been made by the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/25" id="c00017" Year="1995" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="25" Title="Environment Act 1995">Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00017" id="c00018" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/25/paragraph/233" Operative="true" SectionRef="paragraph-233">paragraph 233</CitationSubRef>
of Schedule 22, the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/2" id="c00019" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2003" Number="2" Title="Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003">Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 2)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00019" id="c00020" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2003/2/paragraph/14" Operative="true" SectionRef="paragraph-14">paragraphs 14</CitationSubRef>
and 16 of Schedule 2; and by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/525" id="c00021" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1996" Number="525">S.I. 1996/525</Citation>
, 1996/973, 1997/3055, 1999/1820, 2000/192, 2000/1973 and 2007/1843 and
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2000/323" id="c00022" Class="ScottishStatutoryInstrument" Year="2000" Number="323">S.S.I. 2000/323</Citation>
and 2004/475.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23067661" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/1012" id="c00023" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2017" Number="1012">S.I. 2017/1012</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23067671" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1976/86" id="c00024" Year="1976" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="86">1976 c. 86</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23067681" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/32" id="c00025" Year="2008" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="32">2008 c. 32</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23067691" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>OJ No. L206, 22.7.92, p.7, as last amended by Council Directive 2013/17/EU (OJ No. L 158, 10.6.2013, p.193), and see OJ No. L 80, 21.3.2007, p.15, for the corrigendum amending the original title.</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23067701" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/17" id="c00026" Year="1998" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="17">1998 c. 17</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23067711" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
The definition of “carbon storage installation” in section 30(5) was amended by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/2453" id="c00027" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2011" Number="2453">S.I. 2011/2453</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23067721" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
The Joint Committee was continued in existence by section 31 of the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/16" id="c00028" Year="2006" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="16" Title="Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006">Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16)</Citation>
and reconstituted in accordance with Schedule 4 to that Act.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23067731" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
S.R. (N.I.)
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukcm/1995/380" id="c00029" Class="UnitedKingdomChurchMeasure" Year="1995" Number="380">1995 No. 380</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23067741" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/47" id="c00030" Year="1998" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="47">1998 c. 47</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23067751" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1964/29" id="c00031" Year="1964" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="29">1964 c. 29</Citation>
. Section 1(7) was amended by the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/23" id="c00032" Year="1982" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="23" Title="Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982">Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (c. 23)</Citation>
section 37 and Schedule 3, paragraph 1. Areas have been designated under section 1(7) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1987/1265" id="c00033" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1987" Number="1265">S.I. 1987/1265</Citation>
, 2000/3062 and 2001/3670.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23067761" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2004/20" id="c00034" Year="2004" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="20">2004 c. 20</Citation>
. Section 84(4) was substituted by the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/23" id="c00035" Year="2009" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="23" Title="Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009">Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00035" id="c00036" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/23/schedule/4" Operative="true" SectionRef="schedule-4">Schedule 4</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00035" id="c00037" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/23/paragraph/4" SectionRef="paragraph-4">paragraph 4</CitationSubRef>
. An area has been designated under section 84(4) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2004/2668" id="c00038" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2004" Number="2668">S.I. 2004/2668</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23067771" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/17" id="c00039" Year="1998" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="17">1998 c. 17</Citation>
. Section 32 was amended by the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2016/20" id="c00040" Year="2016" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="20" Title="Energy Act 2016">Energy Act 2016 (c. 20)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00040" id="c00041" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2016/20/schedule/2" Operative="true" SectionRef="schedule-2">Schedule 2</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00040" id="c00042" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2016/20/paragraph/1" SectionRef="paragraph-1">paragraphs 1</CitationSubRef>
and 4.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23067781" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/360" id="c00043" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1999" Number="360">S.I. 1999/360</Citation>
, amended by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/933" id="c00044" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2007" Number="933">S.I. 2007/933</Citation>
, 2011/1043 and 2016/912.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23067791" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/1754" id="c00045" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2001" Number="1754">S.I. 2001/1754</Citation>
, amended by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/77" id="c00046" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2007" Number="77">S.I. 2007/77</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23067801" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/46" id="c00047" Year="1998" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="46">1998 c. 46</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23067811" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/46" id="c00048" Year="1998" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="46">1998 c. 46</Citation>
. See sections 126(1) and (2) of that Act.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23067821" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/8" id="c00049" Year="1990" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="8">1990 c. 8</Citation>
. Section 262, which defines “statutory undertakers”, was amended by the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/34" id="c00050" Year="1991" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="34" Title="Planning and Compensation Act 1991">Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00050" id="c00051" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/34/schedule/6" Operative="true" SectionRef="schedule-6">Schedule 6</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00050" id="c00052" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/34/paragraph/22" SectionRef="paragraph-22">paragraph 22</CitationSubRef>
; the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/27" id="c00053" Year="2000" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="27" Title="Utilities Act 2000">Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00053" id="c00054" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/27/section/76" Operative="true" SectionRef="section-76">section 76</CitationSubRef>
; and the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/38" id="c00055" Year="2000" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="38" Title="Transport Act 2000">Transport Act 2000 (c. 38)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00055" id="c00056" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/38/schedule/5" Operative="true" SectionRef="schedule-5">Schedule 5</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00055" id="c00057" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/38/paragraph/6" SectionRef="paragraph-6">paragraph 6</CitationSubRef>
; and by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/1149" id="c00058" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2001" Number="1149">S.I. 2001/1149</Citation>
and 2013/755.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23067831" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/8" id="c00059" Year="1997" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="8">1997 c. 8</Citation>
. Section 214, which defines “statutory undertakers”, was amended by the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/27" id="c00060" Year="2000" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="27" Title="Utilities Act 2000">Utilities Act 2000 (c. 27)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00060" id="c00061" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/27/section/76" Operative="true" SectionRef="section-76">section 76</CitationSubRef>
; and the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/38" id="c00062" Year="2000" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="38" Title="Transport Act 2000">Transport Act 2000 (c. 38)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00062" id="c00063" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/38/schedule/5" Operative="true" SectionRef="schedule-5">Schedule 5</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00062" id="c00064" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2000/38/paragraph/10" SectionRef="paragraph-10">paragraph 10</CitationSubRef>
; and by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/1149" id="c00065" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2001" Number="1149">S.I. 2001/1149</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23067841" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2011/25" id="c00066" Year="2011" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="25">2011 c. 25</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23067851" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32" id="c00067" Year="2006" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="32">2006 c. 32</Citation>
. See section 158(1).
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23067861" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
See section 158(1). The definition of “the Welsh zone” was inserted by the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/23" id="c00068" Year="2009" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="23" Title="Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009">Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00068" id="c00069" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/23/section/43/1" Operative="true" SectionRef="section-43-1">section 43(1)</CitationSubRef>
and (2).
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23067871" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>OJ No. L 20, 26.1.10, p.7, last amended by Council Directive 2013/17/EU (OJ No. L158, 10.6.2013, p.193).</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c23067881" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/32" id="c00070" Year="2006" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="32">2006 c. 32</Citation>
. Section 108A is substituted for section 108 by the
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2017/4" id="c00071" Year="2017" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="4" Title="Wales Act 2017">Wales Act 2017 (c. 4)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="c00071" id="c00072" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2017/4/section/3/1" Operative="true" SectionRef="section-3-1">section 3(1)</CitationSubRef>
, as from a date to be appointed.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-10aac795dbed32d6bb4169deeb2670f3" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in
<CitationSubRef id="cfwimlc54-00028" SectionRef="regulation-2-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/1013/regulation/2/1">reg. 2(1)</CitationSubRef>
inserted (31.12.2020) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/579" id="cfwimlc54-00029" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2019" Number="579" Title="The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019">The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/579)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cfwimlc54-00029" id="cfwimlc54-00030" SectionRef="regulation-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/579/regulation/1">regs. 1</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cfwimlc54-00029" id="cfwimlc54-00031" SectionRef="regulation-33-2-a" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/579/regulation/33/2/a" Operative="true">33(2)(a)</CitationSubRef>
;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1" id="cfwimlc54-00032" Year="2020" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="1">2020 c. 1</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cfwimlc54-00032" id="cfwimlc54-00033" SectionRef="schedule-5-paragraph-1-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1/schedule/5/paragraph/1/1">Sch. 5 para. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-16982b54319623584f125321f92af260" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in
<CitationSubRef id="cfwimlc54-00039" SectionRef="regulation-2-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/1013/regulation/2/1">reg. 2(1)</CitationSubRef>
inserted (31.12.2020) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/579" id="cfwimlc54-00040" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2019" Number="579" Title="The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019">The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/579)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cfwimlc54-00040" id="cfwimlc54-00041" SectionRef="regulation-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/579/regulation/1">regs. 1</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cfwimlc54-00040" id="cfwimlc54-00042" SectionRef="regulation-33-2-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/579/regulation/33/2/b" Operative="true">33(2)(b)</CitationSubRef>
;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1" id="cfwimlc54-00043" Year="2020" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="1">2020 c. 1</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cfwimlc54-00043" id="cfwimlc54-00044" SectionRef="schedule-5-paragraph-1-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1/schedule/5/paragraph/1/1">Sch. 5 para. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-665801580d507f1746ab0f6dd5e93560" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in
<CitationSubRef id="cfwimlc54-00050" SectionRef="regulation-2-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/1013/regulation/2/1">reg. 2(1)</CitationSubRef>
inserted (31.12.2020) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/579" id="cfwimlc54-00051" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2019" Number="579" Title="The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019">The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/579)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cfwimlc54-00051" id="cfwimlc54-00052" SectionRef="regulation-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/579/regulation/1">regs. 1</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cfwimlc54-00051" id="cfwimlc54-00053" SectionRef="regulation-33-2-c" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/579/regulation/33/2/c" Operative="true">33(2)(c)</CitationSubRef>
;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1" id="cfwimlc54-00054" Year="2020" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="1">2020 c. 1</Citation>
,
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Words in
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inserted (31.12.2020) by
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,
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;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1" id="cfwimlc54-00065" Year="2020" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="1">2020 c. 1</Citation>
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<Para>
<Text>
Words in
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inserted (31.12.2020) by
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;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1" id="cfwimlc54-00076" Year="2020" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="1">2020 c. 1</Citation>
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<Para>
<Text>
Words in
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substituted (31.12.2020) by
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,
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;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1" id="cfwimlc54-00087" Year="2020" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="1">2020 c. 1</Citation>
,
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<Para>
<Text>
Words in
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substituted (31.12.2020) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/579" id="cfwimlc54-00095" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2019" Number="579" Title="The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019">The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/579)</Citation>
,
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;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1" id="cfwimlc54-00098" Year="2020" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="1">2020 c. 1</Citation>
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<Para>
<Text>
Words in
<CitationSubRef id="cfwimlc54-00105" SectionRef="regulation-2-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/1013/regulation/2/1">reg. 2(1)</CitationSubRef>
inserted (31.12.2020) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/579" id="cfwimlc54-00106" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2019" Number="579" Title="The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019">The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/579)</Citation>
,
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,
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;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1" id="cfwimlc54-00109" Year="2020" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="1">2020 c. 1</Citation>
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<Para>
<Text>
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inserted (31.12.2020) by
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,
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,
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;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1" id="cfwimlc54-00010" Year="2020" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="1">2020 c. 1</Citation>
,
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<Para>
<Text>
Words in
<CitationSubRef id="cfwimlc54-00017" SectionRef="regulation-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/1013/regulation/2">reg. 2</CitationSubRef>
inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before 11 p.m.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1497" id="cfwimlc54-00018" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2020" Number="1497" Title="The Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration, Production, Unloading and Storage (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2020">The Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration, Production, Unloading and Storage (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1497)</Citation>
,
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,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cfwimlc54-00018" id="cfwimlc54-00020" SectionRef="schedule-7-paragraph-6-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1497/schedule/7/paragraph/6/2" Operative="true">Sch. 7 para. 6(2)</CitationSubRef>
(with
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,
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