S.L. 549.62 Art. 12Updating.

(1) The competent authority shall ensure that, in respect of the Ionian Sea and the Central Mediterranean Sea marine subregion, the marine strategy for Malta’s marine waters is kept up to date.

(2) For the purposes of sub-regulation (1), the competent authority shall review, in a coordinated manner as referred to in regulation 5, the following elements of the marine strategy every six years after its initial establishment:

(a) the initial assessment and the determination of good environmental status, as provided for in regulations 6(1) and 7 respectively;

(b) the environmental targets established pursuant to regulation 8(1);

(c) the monitoring programmes established pursuant to regulation 9(1) and (2);

(d) the programmes of measures established pursuant to regulation 10(3).