Amendment of Article 4
9.—(1) Article 4 is amended as follows.
(2) In the heading, omit “Union,”.
(3) In paragraph 1—
(a)in the words before point (a)—
(i)for “are” substitute “is”;
(ii)omit “Union,”;
(b)in point (b), for “Union legislation” substitute “retained EU law”.
(4) In paragraph 2—
(a)for “have” substitute “has”;
(b)omit “Union,”;
(c)for “they” substitute “the Secretary of State, in consultation with the devolved policy authorities,”.
(5) In paragraph 3—
(a)omit “by Member States”;
(b)for “that Member State” substitute “the Secretary of State, in consultation with the devolved policy authorities,”;
(c)for “Member States”, in the second place where it occurs, substitute “the competent authority”.
(6) In paragraph 4—
(a)omit “by Member States”;
(b)for “Article 17(2)(a) of Directive 2008/56/EC” substitute “regulations 10(2) and 11(4) of the Marine Strategy Regulations 2010”.