The Conservation of Offshore Marine Habitats and Species Regulations 2017

Register of European offshore marine sites U.K.

19.—(1) The Secretary of State must compile and maintain, in such form as the Secretary of State considers appropriate, a register of European offshore marine sites.

(2) The Secretary of State must include European offshore marine sites in the register as follows—

(a) special areas of conservation, as soon as they are designated;

(b) sites of Community importance, [F1 which before exit day were] placed on the list referred to in the third sub-paragraph of Article 4(2) of the Habitats Directive, until such time as they are designated as special areas of conservation;

F2 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d) special protection areas as soon as they are classified as such; and

(e) any site which [F3 , before exit day,] has been proposed to the Commission by the Secretary of State as a site eligible for designation as a special area of conservation for the purposes of meeting the United Kingdom's obligations under Article 4(1) of the Habitats Directive until such time as is mentioned in regulation 18(e).

(3) The register must—

(a) in relation to each site included in it, provide the site's co-ordinates and a chart delineating its boundaries;

(b) in relation to a site which is a special area of conservation, specify the natural habitat types listed in Annex I to the Habitats Directive and the species listed in Annex II to that Directive for which the site was designated as a special area of conservation;

(c) in relation to a site which has been placed on the list referred to in the third sub-paragraph of Article 4(2) of the Habitats Directive, specify the natural habitat types listed in Annex I to the Habitats Directive and the species listed in Annex II to that Directive for which the site was placed on that list;

F4 (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e) in relation to a site which is a special protection area, specify the bird species for which the site was so classified; and

(f) in relation to a site which is of the type mentioned in paragraph (2)(e), specify the natural habitat types listed in Annex I to the Habitats Directive and the species listed in Annex II to that Directive for which the site was proposed by the Secretary of State to the Commission.

(4) The Secretary of State may amend any entry in the register.

[F5 (5) Where a site ceases to fall within any of the categories in paragraph (2) for which it is listed in the register the relevant administration must amend the relevant entry in the register in respect of that site.]

(6) The Secretary of State must keep a copy of the register entries available for public inspection at all reasonable hours and free of charge.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 19(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/579), regs. 1, 44(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Reg. 19(2)(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/579), regs. 1, 44(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Words in reg. 19(2)(e) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/579), regs. 1, 44(2)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Reg. 19(3)(d) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/579), regs. 1, 44(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Reg. 19(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/579), regs. 1, 44(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)