Paragraph 10 I1
England, Wales and Scotland
F1Following consultation with the H4 OOEG, the GCIMP must be submitted to the Secretary of State for approval in consultation with Natural England, the local planning authority and Alderney Wildlife Trust. The GCIMP must be based on the strategy for guillemot compensation set out in the guillemot and razorbill compensation plan (as relevant to guillemot) and include—
for the predator eradication measure—
details of the location(s) where the compensation measure will be delivered;
details of the number of nest sites that need to be created within the Herm Island complex (Herm, Jethou, including Grand Fauconniere and the Humps) and locations around Alderney. This must take into account both the number of chicks that will need to be produced to ensure that the required number of adults survive to adulthood and the proportion of adult birds that are expected to be recruited into the UK NSN;
details of how any necessary land access rights, licences and approvals have or will be obtained and any biosecurity measures will be or have been secured;
an implementation timetable for delivery of the predator eradication measure, such timetable to ensure that the predator eradication method has commenced no later than two years prior to the commencement of Work No. 1(a) and 1(b), Work No. 2(a), 2(b) and 2(c) and Work No. 3(a);
details for the proposed ongoing monitoring of the measure including—
survey methods for predators and seabirds;
success criteria;
survey and reporting programmesF2;
seabird productivity rates;
seabird breeding population;
distribution of breeding seabirds; and
evidence of guillemot natal dispersal to the UK NSN;
recording of H4 OOEG consultations and project reviews;
details of any adaptive management measures, with details of the factors used to trigger any such measures. Such measures should consider offshore artificial nesting structures for guillemot;
provision for reporting to the Secretary of State, to include details of the use of the location(s) by breeding guillemot to identify barriers to success and target any adaptive management measures;
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Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Sch. 16 para. 10 substituted (14.4.2025) by The Hornsea Four Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/485), arts. 1, 4(2)
- F2
Sch. 16 para. 10(a)(v)(cc): semicolon inserted (31.1.2024) by The Hornsea Four Offshore Wind Farm (Correction) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/117), art. 1(2), Sch.
- F3
Sch. 16 para. 10(b) omitted (14.4.2025) by virtue of The Hornsea Four Offshore Wind Farm (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/485), arts. 1, 4(3)
Commencement
- I1
Sch. 16 para. 10 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
- F1
Word in preamble substituted (31.1.2024) by The Hornsea Four Offshore Wind Farm (Correction) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/117), art. 1(2), Sch.