# The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Scottish Inshore Region) Order 2011, Article 22: Use of vehicles to remove litter or seaweed from beaches


(1) This article applies to a removal activity using a vehicle carried on by or on behalf of a local authority for the purpose of removing any litter or seaweed from a beach.
(2) This article does not apply to any such removal activity—
(a) that falls within sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of paragraph (3); and
(b) that is not directly connected with or necessary to the management of the site or area referred to in that sub-paragraph.
(3) Such an activity falls within this paragraph if—
(a) it is a plan or project likely (either alone or in combination with other plans or projects) to have a significant effect on a European site;
(b) it is likely to have a significant effect on a Ramsar site; or
(c) it is capable of affecting (other than insignificantly)—
(i) the protected features of an MPA;
(ii) any ecological or geomorphological process on which the conservation of any protected feature of an MPA is (wholly or in part) dependent.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2011/9780111012284/article/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-marine-licensing-exempted-activities-scottish-inshore-region-order-2011/article-22
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