Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]

Amendment 70 70: After Clause 46, insert the following new Clause— "Report on MPS (1) Each policy authority must, no later than 31 March each year, lay before the appropriate legislature a report setting out— (a) how, in the opinion of the authority, the MPS has been carried into effect; (b) any further steps which, in the opinion of the authority, are required to be taken in order to contribute to MPS being carried into effect. (2) The report must also contain the following information— (a) information about any amendments which the policy authority has made to the MPS; (b) an assessment of the effectiveness of the MPS; and (c) any further steps which, in the opinion of the policy authority, are required to be taken in relation to any MPS in order to achieve its objectives. (3) In this section "the appropriate legislature" means— (a) in relation to the Secretary of State, Parliament; (b) in relation to the Welsh Ministers, the National Assembly for Wales; (c) in relation to the Scottish Ministers, the Scottish Parliament; and (d) in relation to the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Assembly."