126 Duties of public authorities in relation to certain decisions
Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (2009 c 23) | Legislation

126  Duties of public authorities in relation to certain decisions

(1)     This section applies where—

(a)     a public authority has the function of determining an application (whenever made) for authorisation of the doing of an act, and

(b)     the act is capable of affecting (other than insignificantly)—

(i)     the protected features of an MCZ;

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

(2)     If the authority believes that there is or may be a significant risk of the act hindering the achievement of the conservation objectives stated for the MCZ, the authority must notify the appropriate statutory conservation body of that fact.

(3)     Where the authority has given notification under subsection (2),

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