Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Act 2026
Mini Summary
Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c.55)
The Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c.55) establishes a number of frameworks to speed up the planning system, hold developers to account and encourage the construction of new homes in the United Kingdom.
Marine (Scotland) Act 2010
The Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 introduces a framework for Marine Planning, which allows the Scottish Government to introduce general policies and a National Marine Plan. It will set out policies for marine environments and allows for the designation of Marine Protected Areas. It also introduces requirements relating to licensing activities carried out in the marine environment and the conservation of seals.
Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009
The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 implement a marine planning system which makes requirements for a statement of the Government’s general policies, and the general policies of each of the devolved administrations, for the marine environment. It also sets out requirements for marine plans which will set out in more detail what is to happen in the different parts of the areas to which they relate.
Amendment
The Act enables the UK to implement the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (the BBNJ Agreement).
Duties
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