National Marine Plan - EU exit: interpretive guidance

Guidance on how to interpret the National Marine Plan after the UK exits from the European Union. This guidance applies from 1 January 2021 and should be used to interpret references to the European Union in the National Marine Plan.


Footnotes

1. Scotland's National Marine Plan. A single framework for managing our seas (2015).
Available from https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-national-marine-plan/

2. Marine (Scotland) Act 2010.
Available from www.legislation.gov.uk

3. Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009.
Available from www.legislation.gov.uk

4. Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 establishing a framework of maritime spatial planning.
Available from www.eur-lex.europa.eu

5. EU Exit Guidance to the UK Marine Policy Statement

6. UK Marine Policy Statement (2011).
Available from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-marine-policy-statement

7. See footnote 4

8. Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy.
Available from www.eur-lex.europa.eu

9. Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive).
Available from www.eur-lex.europa.eu

10. Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora.
Available from www.eur-lex.europa.eu

11. Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds.
Available from www.eur-lex.europa.eu

12. Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC.
Available from www.eur-lex.europa.eu

13. Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise.
Available from www.eur-lex.europa.eu

14. Directive 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on safety of offshore oil and gas operations and amending Directive 2004/35/EC.
Available from www.eur-lex.europa.eu

15. Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directive 85/337/EEC, European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006.
Available from www.eur-lex.europa.eu

16. Directive 2006/113/EC on the environmental quality of shellfish waters. Repealed by Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the Community action in the field of water policy (available from www.eur-lex.europa.eu) implemented in Scotland by the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) 2003.

17. Including entries in the glossary

18. See footnote 10

19. See section 3.6, 4.58, Annex B and glossary entry

20. See footnote 9

21. In the case of the reference to the Conservation of Offshore Habitats and Species Regulations 2007 ("the 2007 Regulations"), this is an out of date reference. The 2007 Regulations have been replaced by the Conservation of Offshore Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 ("the 2017 Regulations"). The reference to the 2007 Regulations should therefore be read as reference to the 2017 Regulations.

22. As defined in the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 (as amended)

23. As defined in the Conservation of Offshore Marine Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (as amended)

24. See footnotes 9 and 10.

25. See section 4.41, 4.42, 4.43, 4.50, footnote 123 and glossary entry

26. See section 2.22,, p38, key references p40, section 6.4, section 6.52

27. See p37, point 8

28. The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994

29. The Conservation of Offshore Marine Habitats and Species Regulations 2017

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