Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]

Amendments 13 to 18 13: Clause 2, page 2, line 13, leave out subsection (2) 14: Clause 2, page 2, line 26, leave out "(1)(b)" and insert "(1)(a)" 15: Clause 2, page 2, leave out from end of line 26 to end of line 28 and insert "(and see also section 36 (guidance))." 16: Clause 2, page 2, line 32, at end insert— "(5A) A draft of any guidance proposed to be given under this section is to be laid before each House of Parliament. (5B) Guidance is not to be given under this section until after the end of the period of 40 days beginning with— (a) the day on which a draft of the guidance is so laid, or (b) if the draft is laid on different days, the later of the two days. (5C) If, within that period, either House resolves that the guidance, the draft of which was laid before it, should not be given, the Secretary of State must not give that guidance. (5D) In reckoning any period of 40 days for the purposes of subsection (5B) or (5C), no account is to be taken of any time during which— (a) Parliament is dissolved or prorogued, or (b) both Houses are adjourned for more than four days." 17: Clause 2, page 2, line 33, leave out subsection (6) and insert— "( ) The Secretary of State must publish, in such manner as the Secretary of State may determine, any guidance given to the MMO under this section." 18: Clause 2, page 2, line 36, at end insert— "(8) In this section— "consistent and co-ordinated" includes taking into account the effect (if any) that decisions in respect of— (a) any particular part of the MMO’s area, or (b) the carrying on of any activity within that area, will have on any other part of that area or the carrying on of any other activity in that area; "evidence" includes predictions and other opinions resulting from the consideration of evidence by any person; "the MMO’s area" means those parts of the UK marine area, or of the United Kingdom, where MMO functions are exercisable; "MMO functions" means functions exercisable by or on behalf of the MMO." Amendments 13 to 18 agreed.