The Environmental Impact Assessment and Natural Habitats (Extraction of Minerals by Marine Dredging) (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2007

Provision for the protection of European sites: review of existing agreements

4.—(1) As soon as reasonably practicable after commencement, the regulator shall serve on the parties to each agreement to which sub-paragraph (2) applies, a notice specifying a date for the purposes of sub-paragraph (5).

(2) This sub-paragraph applies to any written agreement—

(a) entered into by an owner before commencement; and

(b) which the regulator considers relates to dredging which constitutes a habitats project.

(3) As soon as reasonably practicable after a site becomes a European site, the regulator shall serve on the parties to each agreement to which sub-paragraph (4) applies, a notice specifying a date for the purposes of sub-paragraph (5).

(4) This sub-paragraph applies to any agreement—

(a) entered into by an owner before commencement; and

(b) which the regulator considers relates to dredging which constitutes a habitats project as a result of the designation of the European site.

(5) On and after the date specified in a notice under sub-paragraph (1) or sub-paragraph (3), the agreement shall have effect for all purposes as a permission granted as a result of an application under regulation 10 and which it is the regulator’s duty to review under paragraph 3.