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

Amendment of regulation 38 (offences relating to European offshore marine sites)

53.—(1) Regulation 38 is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (3), at the end, insert “unless the United Kingdom is entitled under international law to exercise those powers without the consent of the flag state”.

(3) In paragraphs (13) and (14), for “relevant EU instrument”, substitute “relevant retained EU law”.