{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-and-environment-protection-act-1985/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-and-environment-protection-act-1985/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/48",
  "legislation_title": "Food and Environment Protection Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-and-environment-protection-act-1985",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Requirement of licences for deposit of substances and articles in the sea etc.",
  "text": "Subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Act, a licence under this Part of this Act is needed—\n(a) for the deposit of substances or articles within the Scottish inshore region , either in the sea or under the seabed—\n(i) from a vehicle, vessel, aircraft, hovercraft or marine structure ;\n(ii) from a container floating in the sea ; or\n(iii) from a structure on land constricted or adapted wholly or mainly for the purpose of depositing solids in the sea ;\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nc)(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(e) for the scuttling of vessels—\n(i) in the Scottish inshore region ; ...\n(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(iii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(f) for the loading of a vessel, aircraft, hovercraft, marine structure or floating container in Scotland or the Scottish inshore region with substances or articles for deposit anywhere in the sea or under the sea-bed ;\n(g) for the loading of a vehicle in Scotland with substances or articles for deposit from that vehicle as mentioned in paragraph (a) . . . above ; and\n(h) for the towing or propelling from Scotland or the Scottish inshore region of a vessel for scuttling anywhere at sea.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 5(a) substituted (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(2)(a) (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 5(b) repealed (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(2)(b), Sch. 22 Pt. 2 (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 5(c)(d) repealed (1.4.2015 for S.) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), ss. 146(2)(b), 162, Sch. 16 Pt. VIII; S.S.I. 2015/72, art. 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 5(e)(i) substituted (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(2)(c) (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 5(e)(ii) and word repealed (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(2)(d), Sch. 22 Pt. 2 (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 5(e)(iii) repealed (1.4.2015 for S.) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), ss. 146(2)(c)(ii), 162, Sch. 16 Pt. VIII; S.S.I. 2015/72, art. 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 5(f) substituted (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(2)(e) (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Word in s. 5(g) substituted (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(2)(f) (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 5(g) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt.II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 5(h) substituted (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(2)(g) (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 5 power to transfer functions conferred (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 22(1)(c)(5), Sch. 3 Pt. I, para. 4(1)(a) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2789, art. 2S.5 amended (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1750, art. 4, Sch. 3 (with s. 7); S.I. 1998/3178"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 5 excluded (22.7.2008) by Crossrail Act 2008 (c. 18), Sch. 14 para. 9"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/48/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:00:06.673423+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}