# The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011, Article 17B: Accidental deposits – removal activity


(1) Article 4 applies to a removal activity carried on for the purpose of removing any object which has been accidently deposited on the seabed.
(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to conditions 1 and 2.
(3) Condition 1 is that notice of the intention to carry on the removal activity must be given to the licensing authority before the removal activity is carried on.
(4) Condition 2 is that the removal activity must be commenced within a period of 12 months beginning with the day on which the object was accidently deposited on the seabed.
(5) But Article 4 does not apply–
(a) to any such removal activity that causes, or is likely to cause, obstruction or danger to navigation; or
(b) to any such removal activity–
(i) that falls within sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of paragraph (6); and
(ii) that is not directly connected with or necessary to the management of the site or zone (as the case may be) referred to in that sub-paragraph.
(6) A removal activity falls within this paragraph if–
(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;
(b) it is likely to have a significant effect on a Ramsar site; or
(c) it is capable of effecting (other than insignificantly)–
(i) the protected features of an MCZ; or
(ii) any ecological or geomorphological process on which conservation of any protected feature of an MCZ is (wholly or in part) dependent.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/78/article/17B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-order-northern-ireland-2011/article-17B
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