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Natural Environment Bill

Foundations - Environmental limits - Management units and related methodologies

59: Best obtainable information

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"Make decisions using the best information you can get"

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When you make a decision, you need to use the best information you can get. You must be satisfied that this information is robust, transparent, and accessible. It must also be information that you can reasonably get at the time. You have to get this information in a way that makes sense for the decision you are making. When deciding if you have the best information, you must follow any rules set out in regulations. You also have to consider what is said in section 52(5). You will use this information to make good decisions, and it must be the best you can get.

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Part 2Foundations
Environmental limits: Management units and related methodologies

59Best obtainable information

  1. In this subpart, the best obtainable information means information that the decision maker is satisfied—

  2. is as robust, transparent, and accessible as reasonably possible; and
    1. is obtained from information that is available or can be reasonably obtained at the time; and
      1. is obtained in a manner that is proportionate to the effects of the decision.

        1. When considering whether information is the best obtainable information, the decision maker must be guided by any criteria prescribed in regulations but is subject to section 52(5).