Article 1 Citation, commencement and application

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Amendment) Order 2019 and comes into force on 31st May 2019.

(2)

This Order applies in relation to any area, and to any licensable marine activity^f1 carried on in that area, for which the Secretary of State is the appropriate licensing authority under section 113 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009^f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: For the meaning of “licensable marine activity” see sections 66 and 115(1) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (“the Act”).
f2: By virtue of subsections (2)(a), (4)(a), (6)(a) and (8) of that section, the Secretary of State is the appropriate licensing authority as respects anything done in the course of carrying on 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 other area not mentioned in subsections (2), (4) or (6) of that section. See section 322(1) of the Act for definitions of those regions.