{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-order-northern-ireland-2011/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-order-northern-ireland-2011/article-17.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2011/78",
  "legislation_title": "The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-order-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Scientific instruments etc",
  "text": "(1) Article 4 applies—\n(a) to the deposit of any scientific instrument or associated equipment in connection with any scientific experiment or survey;\n(b) to the deposit of any reagent;\n(c) to the deposit of any tracer; or\n(d) to a removal activity carried on for the purpose of removing any scientific instrument or associated equipment referred to in sub-paragraph (a).\n(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to condition 1, and (as that paragraph relates to the deposit of a reagent or tracer) conditions 2 and 3.\n(2A) Condition 1 is that notice of the intention to carry on the activity must be given to the licensing authority before the activity is carried on.\n(3) Condition 2 is that the reagent or tracer must be one the use of which is for the time being approved for the purposes of this Order by the licensing authority.\n(4) Condition 3 is that the reagent or tracer must be used in accordance with any conditions to which the approval is subject.\n(5) But Article 4 does not apply—\n(a) to any such deposit made for the purpose of disposal;\n(b) to any such deposit that causes or is likely to cause obstruction or danger to navigation , in particular where any such deposit is tethered to the seabed or reduces navigational clearance by more than 5% by reference to Chart Datum; or\n(c) to any such deposit or removal activity—\n(i) that falls within sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of paragraph (6); and\n(ii) that is not directly connected with or necessary to the management of the site referred to in that sub-paragraph.\n(6) A deposit or removal activity falls within this paragraph if—\n(a) it is a plan or project likely (either alone or in combination with other plans or projects) to have a significant effect on a European site; ...\n(b) it is likely to have a significant effect on a Ramsar site ; or\n(c) it is capable of affecting (other than insignificantly)–\n(i) the protected features of an MCZ;\n(ii) any ecological or geomorphological process on which the conservation of any protected feature of an MCZ is (wholly or in part) dependent.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 17(2)(2A) substituted (1.4.2022) for art. 17(2) by The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/68), arts. 1, 7(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in art. 17(3) substituted (1.4.2022) by The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/68), arts. 1, 7(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in art. 17(4) substituted (1.4.2022) by The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/68), arts. 1, 7(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 17(5)(b) inserted (1.4.2022) by The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/68), arts. 1, 7(d)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in art. 17(5)(c)(i) substituted (1.4.2022) by The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/68), arts. 1, 7(d)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in art. 17(6)(a) omitted (1.4.2022) by virtue of The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/68), arts. 1, 7(e)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Art. 17(6)(c) and word inserted (1.4.2022) by The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/68), arts. 1, 7(e)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 17 in operation at 6.4.2011, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/78/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:22:51.932407+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."
}