[Duty to compile and maintain register of European sitesE+W+S
11.—(1) The Secretary of State [must make arrangements for the establishment and maintenance of] a register of European sites in Great Britain.
(2) [The register must specify]–
(a)special areas of conservation, as soon as they are designated by him;
(b)sites of Community importance [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 they are designated as special areas of conservation;
(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d)areas classified by him pursuant to Article 4(1) or (2) of the Wild Birds Directive, as soon as they are so classified or, if they have been classified before the commencement of these Regulations, as soon as practicable after commencement [; and]
[(e)any site in Scotland which before exit day has been proposed to the European Commission in accordance with Article 4(1) of the Habitats Directive until such time as regulation 10(1)(e)(i) or (ii) applies.]
(3) He may, if appropriate, amend [, or make arrangements for the amendment of,] the entry in the register relating to a European site.
(4) He shall remove [, or make arrangements for the removal of] the relevant entry–
[(a)relating to a site which is no longer a European site; or]
(b)if a site otherwise ceases to fall within any of the categories listed in paragraph (2) above.
(5) [The register must be] available for public inspection at all reasonable hours and free of charge.]
[(6) The arrangements mentioned in paragraph (1) may in particular authorise the appropriate nature conservation body to establish and maintain the register.]
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