{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lake-lothing-lowestoft-third-crossing-order-2020/schedule-12/paragraph-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lake-lothing-lowestoft-third-crossing-order-2020/schedule-12/paragraph-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/474",
  "legislation_title": "The Lake Lothing (Lowestoft) Third Crossing Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lake-lothing-lowestoft-third-crossing-order-2020",
  "path": "schedule/12/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Disposal at sea",
  "text": "(1) Where dredged materials arising from a capital dredging activity or a maintenance dredging activity are intended to be disposed of at sea by the licence holder, the licence holder must submit to the MMO for its approval a sediment sampling plan request prior to the commencement of the capital dredging activity or maintenance dredging activity.\n(2) A request for a sample plan under sub-paragraph (1) must include—\n(i) a detailed dredging methodology;\n(ii) dredge locations;\n(iii) dredge amounts (total and annual, if applicable);\n(iv) dredge depths;\n(v) duration of dredging activities;\n(vi) whether the dredge is a capital dredging activity or a maintenance dredging activity; and\n(vii) specific gravity of the material or material type.\n(3) Where dredged materials arising from a maintenance dredging activity are intended to be disposed of by the licence holder, a sediment sampling plan is not required where valid analyses (carried out in accordance with an MMO-approved sample plan and undertaken by a laboratory validated by the MMO) is obtainable via the MMO's Public register.\n(4) Any sediment sampling analyses undertaken by a laboratory validated by the MMO and approved by the MMO under sub-paragraph (1) is valid for a period of 3 years from the date when those analyses were undertaken.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 12 para. 15 in force at 21.5.2020, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/474/schedule/12/paragraph/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:30:40.143495+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."
}