Article 2 Designation of activities

In accordance with section 66(3A) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, each of the licensable marine activities added to section 66(1) of that Act under article 4 is designated as an activity added in contemplation of the United Kingdom’s obligations under Part 4 of the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement (environmental impact assessments).

But an activity is not designated under paragraph (1) so far as it consists of doing anything in the course of laying or maintaining an offshore stretch of exempt submarine cable^f1.