# Food and Environment Protection Act 1985, Section 6: Requirement for licences for incineration at sea etc.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(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 the Scottish inshore region ; ...
(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(iii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) for the loading of a vessel or marine structure in 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/48/section/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-and-environment-protection-act-1985/section-6
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