Amendments made: 109, page 162, line 17, at end insert—

“Protected sites: marine conservation zones

2A (1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where—

(a) an environmental feature identified in an EDP in accordance with section 54(1)(a) is a protected feature of a marine conservation zone, and

(b) a developer has committed to pay, in respect of a development, such amount of the nature restoration levy set out in a charging schedule to the EDP as applies in relation to an environmental impact of the development on that protected feature.

(2) The environmental impact of the development on the protected feature is to be disregarded for the purposes of section 126 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (duties of public authorities in relation to certain decisions).”

This amendment, which is consequential on Amendment 116, means that if a developer for a development affecting a marine conservation zone pays the levy, the effect of the development on protected features in that zone is disregarded for the purposes of the duties of public authorities set out in section 126 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009.

Amendment 110, page 162, line 29, leave out

“by Natural England to the developer”

and insert

“to the developer by the relevant licensing body (see regulation 58(4A) of those Regulations)”.

This amendment is consequential on Amendment 113.

Amendment 111, page 162, line 41, leave out

“by Natural England to the developer”

and insert

“to the developer by the appropriate authority (see section 16(8A) and (9) of that Act)”.—(Matthew Pennycook.)

This amendment is largely consequential on Amendment 116. It reflects the fact that species licences under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 relating to marine animals are granted by the Marine Management Organisation.