{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-strategy-regulations-2010/regulation-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-strategy-regulations-2010/regulation-23.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/1627",
  "legislation_title": "The Marine Strategy Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-strategy-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/23",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Power to establish standardised methods",
  "text": "The Secretary of State may, by regulations, make provision specifying standardised methods relating to the application of—\n(a) any qualitative descriptors for determining good environmental status (see Annex 1 to the Directive);\n(b) any ecosystem elements, anthropogenic pressures and human activities relevant to marine waters (see Annex 3 to the Directive);\n(c) any characteristics to be taken into account for setting environmental targets (see Annex 4 to the Directive);\n(d) any monitoring programmes (see Annex 5 to the Directive).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 6 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environment (Legislative Functions from Directives) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1350), regs. 1, 23; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1627/regulation/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:38:37.391729+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."
}