Section 26 amends the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (LURA) to ensure that Environmental Outcome Reports (EORs) can apply to planned marine activities in ABNJ. This ensures that the BBNJ Agreement can be implemented through any future EOR framework.
	Section 26 subsection (a) expands the definition of "project" in section 154 of LURA to include a project in ABNJ, in addition to the UK and relevant offshore areas.
	Section 26 subsection (b) clarifies that the amendment in Section 26 subsection (a) applies only where the activity is or involves a licensable marine activity under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 or Marine (Scotland) Act 2010. It also adds the definition of "area beyond national jurisdiction", consistent in the BBNJ Agreement.
Part 4 – Environmental Impact Assessments Section 26: Environmental Outcome Reports