227.This section makes changes to section 68(7) of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010, which deals with additional requirements in relation to the designation of Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas (“Nature Conservation MPAs”). The changes remove discretion from the Scottish Ministers as to whether to have regard to the contribution designating an area as a Nature Conservation MPA will make to climate change mitigation, instead requiring them to do so. It also adds a requirement to have regard to the extent the designation of a Nature Conservation MPA will contribute to climate adaptation.
The Act Marine protection Section 42 – Nature conservation marine protected areas: climate adaptation