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Regulation 3 Duty to establish and maintain the biodiversity gain site registerI1

England and Wales

(1)

Natural Englandf1 must establish a register of biodiversity gain sitesf2 in which land is to be registered and information recorded in accordance with these Regulations.

(2)

Natural England must maintain the register established under paragraph (1).

(3)

In these Regulations—

  • “the biodiversity gain site register” means the register maintained under this regulation;

  • “the register operator” means Natural England.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 3 in force at 12.2.2024, see reg. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1

Natural England was established by section 1 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16).

f2

For the meaning of “biodiversity gain site”, see section 100(2) of the Environment Act 2021.