# The Deposits in the Sea (Public Registers of Information) Regulations 1996, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations prescribe the particulars of the matters required by section 14(1) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 (“the Act”) to be contained in the registers of information to be maintained by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State for Wales in their capacities as licensing authorities in respect of the deposit of substances or articles in the sea or under the sea bed and the scuttling of vessels.
The registers are to contain particulars of applications for licences (regulations 3 to 5), the issue of licences (regulations 6 to 8), the refusal, variation and revocation of licences (regulation 9), convictions under section 9 of the Act (regulation 10), information obtained or furnished in pursuance of section 8(3), (4) or (5) of the Act, results of inspections of licensed operations (regulation 11), and the occasions on which an operation under section 10 of the Act has been carried out (regulation 12).
The registers are available for inspection at the office of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food at Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR at all reasonable times free of charge. Copies of entries on the registers may be obtained on payment of a reasonable charge.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1427/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/deposits-in-the-sea-public-registers-of-information-regulations-1996/note
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