125 General duties of public authorities in relation to MCZs
Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (2009 c 23) | Legislation

Duties of public authorities

125  General duties of public authorities in relation to MCZs

(1)     This section applies to any public authority having any function the exercise of which is capable of affecting (other than insignificantly)—

(a)     the protected features of an MCZ;

(b)     any ecological or geomorphological process on which the conservation of any protected feature of an MCZ is (wholly or in part) dependent.

(2)     Every public authority to which this section applies must (so far as is consistent with their proper exercise)—

(a)     exercise its functions in the manner which the authority considers best furthers the conservation objectives stated for the MCZ;

(b)     where it is not possible to exercise its functions in a manner which furthers those objectives, exercise them in the manner which the authority considers least hinders the achievement

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