The Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 Introduction

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and extent.

3. PART 2 Amendments to primary legislation

   1. 2. Amendment to the Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985

   2. 3. Amendment to the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999

4. PART 3 Amendments to the Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995

   1. 4. Amendment of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995

   2. 5. Amendments of regulation 2 (Interpretation and application)

   3. 6. Insertion of new regulation 2A

   4. 7. Amendment of regulation 3 (Duties relating to compliance with the Directives)

   5. 8. Insertion of new regulation 3ZA

   6. 9. Amendments of regulations 6 and 7

   7. 10. Omission of regulation 8 (Consultation as to inclusion of site omitted from the list)

   8. 11. Amendment of regulation 8A (Classification of sites as special protection areas)

   9. 12. Insertion of new regulation 8C

   10. 13. Amendment of regulation 9 (Meaning of “European Site” in these Regulations)

   11. 14. Amendment of regulation 9A (Surveillance of conservation status of habitats and species)

   12. 15. Amendment of regulation 10 (Duty to compile and maintain a register of European sites)

   13. 16. Amendment of regulation 17 (Supplementary provisions as to consents)

   14. 17. Amendment of regulation 34 (Protection of wild animals)

   15. 18. Amendment of regulation 36 (Prohibition of certain methods of capturing or killing wild animals)

   16. 19. Amendment of regulation 36A (Monitoring incidental capturing and killing)

   17. 20. Amendment of regulation 38 (Protection of wild plants)

   18. 21. Amendment of regulation 40 (Licences: supplementary provisions)

   19. 22. Amendment of regulation 43 (Assessment of implications for European sites in Northern Ireland and European offshore marine sites)

   20. 23. Amendment of regulation 44 (Consideration of overriding public interest)

   21. 24. Amendment of regulation 64B (Assessment of implications for European site)

   22. 25. Amendment of regulation 64C (Considerations of overriding public interest)

   23. 26. Amendment of regulation 74A (Research)

   24. 27. Insertion of new regulations 75 to 77

   25. 28. Insertion of new Schedule 3A

5. Signature

6. 1. SCHEDULE

7. Explanatory Note