Section 6 Requirement for licences for incineration at sea etc.C1

United Kingdom

(1)

Subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Act, a licence is needed—

(a)

for the incineration of substances or articles on a vessel or marine structure—

(i)

in F1 the Scottish inshore region ; F2...

(ii)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(iii)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(b)

for the loading of a vessel or marine structure in F4 Scotland or the Scottish inshore region with substances or articles for incineration anywhere at sea.

(2)

In this Act “incineration” means any combustion of substances and materials for the purpose of their thermal destruction.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 6(1)(a)(i) substituted (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(3)(a) (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)
F2: S. 6(1)(a)(ii) and word repealed (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(3)(b), Sch. 22 Pt. 2 (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)(d)
F3: S. 6(1)(a)(iii) repealed (1.4.2015 for S.) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), ss. 146(3)(b), 162, Sch. 16 Pt. VIII; S.S.I. 2015/72, art. 2(3)
F4: Words in s. 6(1)(b) substituted (6.4.2011) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), s. 324(3), Sch. 8 para. 2(3)(c) (with ss. 111, 323(6), Sch. 9 Pts. 3); S.I. 2011/556, art. 3(2)(a)

Modifications

C1

S. 6 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. 2

S. 6 amended (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1750, art. 4, Sch. 3 (with s. 7); S.I. 1998/3178

Notes on Part II

Modifications

C1: Pt. II modified (1.3.1995) by S.R. 1995/12, reg. 9