Part 1: Environmental Governance Chapter 1: Improving the natural environment Section 21: Reports on international environmental protection legislation
This section places an obligation on the Secretary of State to produce a report on significant developments in international environmental protection legislation.
	The report will cover significant developments in the environmental protection legislation of particular countries or territories outside the UK or international organisations.
	The scope and content of the report will be determined by the Secretary of State – see subsection (5). However, in a given reporting period it could cover: significant developments in the legislation of other countries that are mainly concerned with seeking to protect the natural environment from the effects of human activity or protecting people from the effects of human activity on the environment; legislation on the maintenance, restoration or enhancement of the natural environment; or legislative provisions around monitoring, assessing, considering and reporting and monitoring on these matters. The report will not extend to reviewing or considering the planning systems of other countries.
	Subsections (3), (4) and (6) require a report to be prepared every two years and to be published and laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the reporting period.