The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 No. 579

PART 3 Amendments to the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017

Amendments of regulation 8 (European sites and European marine sites)

6.  In regulation 8(1)—

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

(b) omit sub-paragraph (c);

(c) in sub-paragraph (d), after “classified”, insert “before exit day”, and after the closing parenthesis, insert “or classified after exit day under the retained transposing regulations”;

(d) in sub-paragraph (e)—

(i) after “which”, insert “before exit day”, and for “under regulation 12” substitute “ in accordance with Article 4(1) of the Habitats Directive”; and

(ii) for sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) substitute—

“(i) the site is designated as a special area of conservation under regulation 12 or under a corresponding provision in the other retained transposing regulations; or

(ii) the appropriate authority gives the appropriate nature conservation body notice of its intention not to designate the site, setting out the reasons for its decision, in accordance with regulation 141A(3).”.