These Regulations provide for the designation by the Environmental Management Authority of any portion of the environment as 'ESA' being an environmentally sensitive area in the sense of section 41 of the Environmental Management Act, 2000. Guidelines for such designation are laid down in regulation 3 and Schedule II. A designation notice shall include the information specified in regulation 4 and shall be in the form set out in Schedule IV. Procedures of designation are set out in regulation 5.