SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 17COMPENSATON TO PROTECT THE COHERENCE OF THE NATIONAL SITE NETWORK

PART 2GUILLEMOT COMPENSATION

14.  Where the undertaker elects to submit a Final GCIMP no offshore works are to commence until a plan for the work of the OGEG has been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of State, such plan to include—

(a)the identity of, or the arrangements for establishment of, the OGEG;

(b)its terms of reference;

(c)its membership shall (as a minimum) include the local planning authority for the area in which the onshore guillemot compensation measure is to be provided, and statutory nature conservation body as core members, and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds as advisory member;

(d)details of the proposed schedule of meetings, reporting and review periods;

(e)the dispute resolution mechanism and confidentiality provisions; and

(f)a schedule of preparation and delivery.