PART 4Procedural requirements
Notification17.
(1)
The Secretary of State must notify the Commission of—
(a)
an assessment under regulation 10 within 3 months of the determination of the characteristics of good environmental status under regulation 11;
(b)
the determination of the characteristics of good environmental status under regulation 11 within 3 months of that determination;
(c)
the environmental targets and indicators established under regulation 12 within 3 months of the establishment of those targets and indicators;
(d)
the monitoring programme established under regulation 13 within 3 months of its establishment;
(e)
the programme of measures published under regulation 14 within 3 months of its publication;
(f)
any changes made to any element of the marine strategy within 3 months of the publication of any review;
(g)
a list of the competent authorities specified for the purposes of these Regulations, together with the information required by Annex 2, by 15th January 2011; and
(h)
any change to the information provided under sub-paragraph (g) within 6 months of such a change coming into effect.
(2)
The Secretary of State must provide the Commission with a brief interim report describing the progress made in implementing the programme of measures within 3 years of the publication of that programme and within 3 years of any update to that programme.