Regulation 9 Amendment of Article 4

(1)

Article 4 is amended as follows.

(2)

In the heading, omit “Union,”.

(3)

In paragraph 1—

(a)

in the words before point (a)—

(i)

for “are” substitute “is”;

(ii)

omit “Union,”;

(b)

in point (b), for “Union legislation” substitute “retained EU law”.

(4)

In paragraph 2—

(a)

for “have” substitute “has”;

(b)

omit “Union,”;

(c)

for “they” substitute “the Secretary of State, in consultation with the devolved policy authorities,”.

(5)

In paragraph 3—

(a)

omit “by Member States”;

(b)

for “that Member State” substitute “the Secretary of State, in consultation with the devolved policy authorities,”;

(c)

for “Member States”, in the second place where it occurs, substitute “the competent authority”.

(6)

In paragraph 4—

(a)

omit “by Member States”;

(b)

for “Article 17(2)(a) of Directive 2008/56/EC” substitute “regulations 10(2) and 11(4) of the Marine Strategy Regulations 2010”.