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The Marine Licensing (Application Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

S.R. 2024/204 · Made 29 November 2024 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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Environmental Protection

Marine Licensing

Made 29th November 2024

Coming into operation 1st January 2025

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, as the appropriate licensing authority under section 113(6)(b) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009f1, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 67(2) and 316(1) of that Act makes the following Regulations.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2009 c. 23

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Marine Licensing (Application Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011
  3. 3Amendment of the Schedule
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementI1

These Regulations may be cited as the Marine Licensing (Application Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 and come into operation on 1st January 2025.

2Amendment of the Marine Licensing (Application Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011I1

The Marine Licensing (Application Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011f1 are amended in accordance with regulation 3.

3Amendment of the ScheduleI1

(1)

In Part 1 of the Schedule (Description of Fee Tables (Usage)), in paragraph 1, for “9” substitute “12”.

(2)

For Part 2 of the Schedule (Fees payable (Amounts payable)) substitute the following—

“PART 2

FEES PAYABLE

Table 1

Marine Construction Licence

Column 1

Banded values in monetary terms

Column 2

Licence Fee

Band A

Up to £2,499

£65

Band B

£2,500 - £4,999

£200

Band C

£5,000 - £19,999

£1,682

Band D

£20,000 - £49,999

£2,323

Band E

£50,000 - £199,999

£4,433

Band F

£200,000 - £499,999

£6,378

Band G

£500,000 - £999,999

£7,399

Band H

£1,000,000 - £2,999,999

£13,852

Band I

£3,000,000 - £4,999,999

£17,074

Band J

£5,000,000 - £19,999,999

£20,300

Band K

£20,000,000 - £49,999,999

£33,203

Band L

£50,000,000 and above

£54,450

Table 2

Maintenance Dredging Licence

Column 1

Banded values in terms of mass of material dredged (t = tonne)

Column 2

Licence fee

Band 1

Up to 9,999t

£752

Band 2

10,000t – 24,999t

£910

Band 3

25,000t – 49,999t

£1,062

Band 4

50,000t – 99,999t

£1,710

Band 5

100,000t – 499,999t

£3,835

Band 6

500,000t – 999,999t

£5,441

Band 7

1,000,000 and above

£9,175

Table 3

Capital Dredging Licence

Column 1

Banded values in terms of mass of material dredged (t = tonne)

Column 2

Licence fee

Band 1

Up to 9,999t

£2,760

Band 2

10,000t – 24,999t

£3,840

Band 3

25,000t – 49,999t

£5,233

Band 4

50,000t – 99,999t

£7,384

Band 5

100,000t – 499,999t

£10,314

Band 6

500,000t – 999,999t

£14,635

Band 7

1,000,000t and above

£24,660

Table 4

Maintenance Dredge Disposal Licence

Column 1

Banded values in terms of mass of material disposed (t = tonne)

Column 2

Licence fee

Band 1

Up to 9,999t

£6,189

Band 2

10,000t – 24,999t

£8,449

Band 3

25,000t – 49,999t

£11,829

Band 4

50,000t – 99,999t

£16,685

Band 5

100,000t – 499,999t

£23,525

Band 6

500,000t – 999,999t

£33,203

Band 7

1,000,000t and above

£55,774

Table 5

Capital Dredge Disposal Licence

Column 1

Banded values in terms of mass of material disposed (t = tonne)

Column 2

Licence fee

Band 1

Up to 9,999t

£8,323

Band 2

10,000t – 24,999t

£11,418

Band 3

25,000t – 49,999t

£15,255

Band 4

50,000t – 99,999t

£22,649

Band 5

100,000t – 499,999t

£31,877

Band 6

500,000t – 999,999t

£45,130

Band 7

1,000,000t and above

£76,059

Table 6

Deposit of Tracer Dyes, Biocides and Other Such Materials Licence

Licence fee
£1,273

Table 7

Marine Minerals Extraction Licence

Licence fee
£90,284

Table 8

Marine Renewable Energy Licence

Column 1

Banded values in terms of the project’s power output (MW = Megawatt, GW = Gigawatt)

Column 2

Licence fee

Band R1

Up to 0.99MW

£12,325

Band R2

1.00MW – 9.99MW

£38,538

Band R3

10.00MW – 999.99MW

£162,465

Band R4

1.00GW and above

£162,465 plus £30,000 for each additional 500MW above 1.00GW

”

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 29th November 2024.

L.S.

Owen Lyttle

A senior officer of the

Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations amend the Marine Licensing (Application Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011 No. 77) (2011 Fees Regulations). The 2011 Fees Regulations specify the fees that are to be applied for an application for a marine licence.

These Regulations (like the 2011 Fees Regulations) apply in relation to any area and any licensable marine activity taking place in that area, in relation to which the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs is the appropriate licensing authority by virtue of section 113(6)(b) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009.

The functions of the licensing authority formerly rested with the Department of the Environment which was dissolved by section 1(9) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 N.I.) and, by virtue of Article 8(1)(c) of the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016 No. 76), its functions for the purposes of this Order were transferred to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.

Regulations 3 amends the Schedule to the 2011 Fees Regulations. Part 1 describes the fee tables and Part 2 lists the current fee tables and the applicable fees.

The structure of those fee tables and the value of the fees are revised as a result of these amending Regulations. All eight of the tables have had their specified fee values increased in line with the requirements of “Managing Public Money NI”.

Table 1 (Marine Construction Licence) has had three additional bands added. Two of those bands were added to enable small value projects to be regulated in a more proportionate manner. The third new band was added to reflect the higher values of large projects that now occur.

Table 2 (Maintenance Dredging Licence) has had four new bands added so that it now has seven fee bands which is the same as tables 3, 4 and 5.

Table 8 (Marine Renewable Energy Licence) has had the band widths in terms of generated wattage modified. Band three now applies from 10 Megawatts to 999.9 Megawatts. Band four now applies to 1.0 Gigawatt and above.

Guidance on the application of these Regulations can be obtained from the Marine Licensing Branch, Marine and Fisheries Division, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Clare House, 303 Airport Road West, Belfast, BT3 9ED.

A full Regulatory Impact Assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the cost to business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available from the Marine Licensing Branch.