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sites of Community importance
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c
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<Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text>
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any site which has been proposed to the European Commission
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until such time as regulation 8(1)(e)(i) or (ii) applies.
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<Text>may amend any entry;</Text>
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<Text>must remove any entry relating to a site which is no longer a European site; and</Text>
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<Text>must keep a copy available for public inspection at all reasonable hours and free of charge.</Text>
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<P2para>
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<Title>Notification of changes to the register</Title>
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<Pnumber>18</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1012/regulation/18/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/1012/regulation/18/1" id="regulation-18-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>As soon as possible after including a European site in the register or amending an entry in the register, the appropriate authority must notify the appropriate nature conservation body and send to that body a copy of the new or amended entry.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
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<P2para>
<Text>As soon as possible after removing an entry from the register, the appropriate authority must notify the appropriate nature conservation body.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
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<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The nature conservation bodies must keep a copy of the register entries relating to European sites in their area available for public inspection at all reasonable hours and free of charge.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1012/regulation/18/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/1012/regulation/18/4" id="regulation-18-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
In this regulation, and in regulation 19, “
<Term id="term-the-register">the register</Term>
” means the register of European sites provided for by regulation 17.
</Text>
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<Title>Notice to landowners and other bodies</Title>
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<Pnumber>19</Pnumber>
<P1para>
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<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>As soon as practicable after a nature conservation body receives notification under regulation 18 in relation to a European site, it must give notice to—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
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</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1012/regulation/19/1/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/1012/regulation/19/1/b" id="regulation-19-1-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>every local planning authority in whose area that site, or any part of it, is situated;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1012/regulation/19/1/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/1012/regulation/19/1/c" id="regulation-19-1-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the Marine Management Organisation, if that site is a European marine site; and</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
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<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
<P3para>
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<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Where, under paragraph (1), a nature conservation body gives notice to a person that a site has been included in the register, or that a register entry relating to a site has been amended, the nature conservation body must provide that person with a copy of the register entry.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1012/regulation/19/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/1012/regulation/19/3" id="regulation-19-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>in the case of notice given under paragraph (1)(a), is the register entry (or that part of an entry) which relates to the land owned or occupied by that person; and</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1012/regulation/19/3/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/1012/regulation/19/3/b" id="regulation-19-3-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>in the case of notice given under paragraph (1)(b), is the register entry (or that part of an entry) which relates to the land within that person's area.</Text>
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</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1012/regulation/19/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/1012/regulation/19/4" id="regulation-19-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The appropriate authority may give directions as to the form and content of notices under this regulation.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
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<Para>
<Text>
Words in
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substituted (31.12.2020) by
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,
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,
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;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1" id="cfnvhzgg4-00010" Year="2020" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="1">2020 c. 1</Citation>
,
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<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="cfnvhzgg4-00015" SectionRef="regulation-17-2-c" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/1012/regulation/17/2/c">Reg. 17(2)(c)</CitationSubRef>
omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/579" id="cfnvhzgg4-00016" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2019" Number="579" Title="The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019">The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/579)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cfnvhzgg4-00016" id="cfnvhzgg4-00017" SectionRef="regulation-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/579/regulation/1">regs. 1</CitationSubRef>
,
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;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1" id="cfnvhzgg4-00019" Year="2020" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="1">2020 c. 1</Citation>
,
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<Para>
<Text>
Words in
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substituted (31.12.2020) by
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,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cfnvhzgg4-00027" id="cfnvhzgg4-00028" SectionRef="regulation-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/579/regulation/1">regs. 1</CitationSubRef>
,
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;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1" id="cfnvhzgg4-00030" Year="2020" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="1">2020 c. 1</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cfnvhzgg4-00030" id="cfnvhzgg4-00031" SectionRef="schedule-5-paragraph-1-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1/schedule/5/paragraph/1/1">Sch. 5 para. 1(1)</CitationSubRef>
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