123 Creation of network of conservation sites

Duties relating to network

123  Creation of network of conservation sites

(1)     In order to contribute to the achievement of the objective in subsection (2), the appropriate authority must designate MCZs under section 116.

(2)     The objective is that the MCZs designated by the appropriate authority, taken together with any other MCZs designated under section 116 and any relevant conservation sites in the UK marine area, form a network which satisfies the conditions in subsection (3).

(3)     The conditions are—

(a)     that the network contributes to the conservation or improvement of the marine environment in the UK marine area;

(b)     that the features which are protected by the sites comprised in the network represent the range of features present in the UK marine

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