C1Part 3Marine protection
Duties of public authorities
24Advice and guidance by the Department
1
The Department may give advice and guidance as to—
a
the matters which are capable of damaging or otherwise affecting any protected feature or features of an MCZ;
b
the matters which are capable of affecting any ecological or geomorphological process on which the conservation of any protected feature or features is (wholly or in part) dependent;
c
how any conservation objectives stated for an MCZ may be furthered, or how the achievement of any such objectives may be hindered;
d
how the effect of any activity or activities on any MCZ, or such zones generally, may be mitigated;
e
which activities are, or are not, of equivalent environmental benefit (for the purposes of section 23(7)(c)) to any particular damage to the environment (within the meaning of that provision).
2
Advice or guidance may be given—
a
either in relation to a particular MCZ or such zones generally;
b
either to a particular public authority or public authorities generally.
3
The Department must give advice to any other public authority if the authority requests it.
Pt. 3 applied (with modifications) by S.R. 1995/380, reg. 31(1)(2) (as substituted (18.9.2013) by Marine Act (Northern Ireland) 2013 (c. 10), ss. 40(5), 49 (with ss. 1(1), 46(3), 47))