The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Insertion of new regulation 55A

65.  After regulation 55, insert—

“Report on licences

55A.— (1) Within two years from exit day, and thereafter within two years of the publication of the last such report, the relevant administration must publish, in such form as it sees fit, a report on licences granted under regulation 55 for the preceding two years .

(2) A report published under paragraph (1) must specify—

(a) the species to which the licence relates, and the reason for granting the licence, including the nature of the risk, with, if appropriate a reference to alternatives rejected and scientific data used;

(b) in relation to any animal species, any means authorised for the capture or killing of the species and the reasons for the use of that means;

(c) the circumstances of when and where the licence was granted; and

(d) the supervisory measures taken to check that the required conditions of the licence have been complied with, any monitoring that has been carried out of compliance with the conditions of the licence, and the results of that monitoring.”.