Regulation 6 Amendment to article 19 (maintenance of coast protection, drainage and flood defence works)

For article 19(3) substitute—

“(3)

But article 4 does not apply to any such activity—

(a)

that consists of beach replenishment; or

(b)

that—

(i)

falls within paragraph (3A); and

(ii)

is not directly connected with or necessary to the management of the area referred to in that paragraph.

(3A)

An activity falls within this paragraph if it is capable of affecting (other than insignificantly)—

(a)

the protected feature of a highly protected marine area; or

(b)

any ecological or geomorphological process on which the conservation of the protected feature of the highly protected marine area is (wholly or in part) dependent.”.