Introductory text
Environmental Protection
Licensing (marine)
Marine Pollution
Made 13th July 2018
Laid before Parliament 16th July 2018
Coming into force 1st September 2018
In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 67(2), (3) and 316(1) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009f1, the Secretary of State, as the appropriate licensing authority under section 113(2)(a), (4)(a), (6)(a) and (8) of that Actf2, makes the following Regulations.
Annotations
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By virtue of section 113(2)(a), (4)(a), (6)(a) and (8) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, the Secretary of State is the appropriate licensing authority as respects anything done in the course of carrying out certain activities in the Scottish offshore region, Wales, the Welsh inshore region and the Welsh offshore region, Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland inshore region, and in relation to any area not mentioned in subsection (2), (4) or (6) of section 113; section 113(4) was amended by section 46(1) and (2)(a) of the Wales Act 2017 (c. 4); section 113(5), which specifies the activities as respects which the Secretary of State is the appropriate licensing authority in relation to Wales, the Welsh inshore region and the Welsh offshore region, was amended by section 46(1) and (2)(b) of that Act. See section 322(1) for the definition of those regions.