Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]

Clause 58: Monitoring of, and periodical reporting on, implementation Amendments 92 to 97 92: Clause 58, page 31, line 32, at end insert— "( ) This section makes provision for and in connection with imposing the following duties on a marine plan authority— (a) where it has prepared and adopted a marine plan, a duty to keep the matters specified in subsection (2) under review for so long as the marine plan is in effect (see subsections (1) and (2)); (b) in any such case, a duty to prepare and publish, and lay a copy of, a report on those matters at intervals of not more than 3 years (see subsections (3) to (7)); (c) in any case, a duty to prepare, and lay, at intervals of not more than 6 years ending before 1st January 2030, a report on— (i) any marine plans it has prepared and adopted, (ii) its intentions for their amendment, and (iii) its intentions for the preparation and adoption of any further marine plans, (see subsections (8) to (11))." 93: Clause 58, page 31, line 44, at end insert— "( ) Where the marine plan authority publishes a report under subsection (3), the authority must lay a copy of the report before the appropriate legislature." 94: Clause 58, page 32, line 3, after "report" insert "under subsection (3)" 95: Clause 58, page 32, line 5, leave out "report, successive reports" and insert "report under subsection (3), successive reports under that subsection" 96: Clause 58, page 32, line 14, at end insert— "(8) Each marine plan authority must from time to time prepare and lay before the appropriate legislature a report which— (a) identifies any marine plans which the authority has prepared and adopted; (b) describes any intentions the authority may have for the amendment of any marine plans which it has prepared and adopted; (c) describes any intentions the authority may have for the preparation and adoption of any further marine plans. (9) The first report prepared under subsection (8) by each marine plan authority must be laid before the appropriate legislature before the expiration of the period of 6 years beginning with the date of the passing of this Act. (10) After a marine plan authority has prepared and laid its first report under subsection (8), it must prepare and lay successive reports under that subsection at intervals of no more than 6 years following the laying of the previous report. (11) No report under subsection (8) is required to be laid in a case where the period of 6 years following the laying of the previous report ends on or after 1st January 2030." 97: Clause 58, page 32, line 14, at end insert— "( ) For the purposes of this section, the "appropriate legislature" is— (a) in the case of the Secretary of State, Parliament; (b) in the case of the Scottish Ministers, the Scottish Parliament; (c) in the case of the Welsh Ministers, the National Assembly for Wales; (d) in the case of the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Assembly." Amendments 92 to 97 agreed.