PART 4Amendments to the Conservation of Offshore Marine Habitats and Species Regulations 2017

Amendment of regulation 18 (meaning of “European offshore marine site”)42.

In regulation 18—

(a)

in paragraph (b), at the end insert “before exit day”;

(b)

omit paragraph (c); and

(c)

for sub-paragraph (e) substitute—

“(e)

a site which, before exit day, was proposed to the European Commission under Article 4(1) of the Habitats Directive, until such time as—

(i)

the site is designated as a special area of conservation under regulation 7; or

(ii)

the relevant administration gives notice to the appropriate nature conservation body of its intention not to designate the site, setting out the reasons for its decision, in accordance with regulation 86A(3)(b).”.