Regulation 9 Amendment of Chapter 5 (horizontal provisions)

(1)

Chapter 5 is amended as follows.

(2)

In Article 21, for the words from “and without” to “Member States” substitute “the appropriate authority”.

(3)

In Article 22—

(a)

in paragraph 1—

(i)

for “Member States”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “The appropriate authority”;

(ii)

for “all Member States” substitute “other countries”;

(iii)

for the words from “In particular” to “that share” substitute—

“In particular the appropriate authority concerned shall endeavour to ensure coordination with other countries that share”;

(iv)

omit points (c) and (d);

(v)

for “in accordance with” substitute “specified in”;

(vi)

for the last sentence substitute—

“The Secretary of State and, in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, must also endeavour to ensure co-ordination with the Republic of Ireland.”;

(b)

in paragraph 2—

(i)

for “Member States” substitute “The appropriate authority”;

(ii)

for “third” substitute “other”;

(c)

for paragraph 3, substitute—

“3.

For the purposes of paragraph 1(a), the reference to Article 4(2) of Directive 2008/56/EC is to be read as if, in that Article—

(a)
for the words before point (a) there were substituted “The marine sub-regions are—”;

(b)
the words after point (b) were omitted.”.

(4)

Omit Article 23.