Part 10A, Section 204V: Appeals Schedule 15: Amendments of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017: assumptions about nutrient pollution standards Part 3: Land use plans
Paragraph 12 is self-explanatory.
	Paragraphs 13 to 15 amend regulations 105, 106 and 110 in the 2017 Regulations to signpost the assumption in new regulation 110A.
	Paragraph 16 inserts new regulations 110A to 110C into the 2017 Regulations.
	110A Assessments under this Chapter: required assumptions
Paragraph (1) sets out the circumstances under which the assumptions in paragraph (2) apply, which includes where the authority is required to make a relevant assessment before a decision is made.
Paragraph (2) requires that in making the relevant assessment, defined in regulation 110A(5), the authority must assume that a nitrogen significant plant will meet the nitrogen nutrient pollution standard on and after the upgrade date (or applicable date for a catchment permitting area plant) and that a phosphorus significant plant will meet the phosphorus nutrient pollution standard on and after the upgrade date (or applicable date for a catchment permitting area plant).
Paragraph (3) makes paragraph (2) subject to regulation 110B, which provides the Secretary of State with a power to disapply the assumption, and clarifies that the assumption duty does not prevent the authority from having regard to outperformance, or expected outperformance, by a plant that is a non-catchment permitting area plant. "Outperformance" is defined in regulation 110C(3)
	Paragraphs (4) and (5) define the terms "relevant decision" and "relevant assessment" respectively.