{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-habitats-and-species-regulations-2017/regulation-68",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-habitats-and-species-regulations-2017/regulation-68.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/1012",
  "legislation_title": "The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-habitats-and-species-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/68",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "68",
  "heading": "Compensatory measures",
  "text": "(1) Where in accordance with regulation 64—\n(a) a plan or project is agreed to, notwithstanding a negative assessment of the implications for a European site or a European offshore marine site, or\n(b) a decision, or a consent, permission or other authorisation, is affirmed on review, notwithstanding such an assessment,\nthe appropriate authority must secure that any necessary compensatory measures are taken to ensure that the overall coherence of Natura 2000 is protected.\n(2) Where in accordance with regulation 64—\n(a) a plan or project in England is agreed to, notwithstanding a negative assessment of the implications for a Ramsar site, or\n(b) a decision, or a consent, permission or other authorisation, is affirmed on review, notwithstanding such an assessment,\nthe appropriate authority must secure that any necessary compensatory measures are taken to ensure that the overall coherence of the national Ramsar site series is protected.\n(3) This regulation does not apply in respect of a relevant offshore wind plan or project.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 68 renumbered as reg. 68(1) (21.5.2026) by Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (c. 34), s. 118(3), Sch. 5 para. 10(a) (with s. 116); S.I. 2026/549, reg. 3 (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 68(2) inserted (21.5.2026) by Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (c. 34), s. 118(3), Sch. 5 para. 10(b) (with s. 116); S.I. 2026/549, reg. 3 (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 68(3) inserted (21.5.2026) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species (Offshore Wind) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/508), regs. 1(1), 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1012/regulation/68",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:07:21.486081+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}