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The Conservation of Offshore Marine Habitats and Species Regulations 2017

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15.—(1) The [F1relevant administration] may give any person the opportunity of appearing before and being heard by, or of providing representations to, a person appointed by the [F1relevant administration]

(a)for the purpose of deciding whether to include a site in the list to be transmitted under regulation 7(1);

F2(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)for the purpose of deciding whether to classify a site as a special protection area under regulation 12.

(2) Any person given the opportunity under paragraph (1) of appearing before and being heard by a person appointed by the [F1relevant administration] may—

(a)be represented by another person;

(b)call persons to give evidence; and

(c)put questions to any person who gives evidence at the hearing, including any person who gives expert evidence.

(3) The [F1relevant administration] must consider any report of a person appointed under paragraph (1).

(4) Where [F3a relevant administration] proposes to exercise any function under this regulation in relation to any matter in relation to which functions are exercisable by [F4another relevant administration] under [F5this regulation], [F3a relevant administration] must consult [F6that other administration].

F7(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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