{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-pre-application-consultation-scotland-regulations-2013/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-pre-application-consultation-scotland-regulations-2013/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2013/286",
  "legislation_title": "The Marine Licensing (Pre-application Consultation) (Scotland) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-pre-application-consultation-scotland-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010;\n“delegate” means a person who is designated in a direction given under section 12(1) of the Act;\n“inter-tidal boundary” means the area of sea and foreshore bounded by the mean low water spring tide and the mean high water spring tide of Scotland;\n“local newspaper” means a newspaper which is likely to come to the attention of those persons who are likely to be affected by the licensable marine activity for which a marine licence is to be sought;\n“pre-application consultation report” means a report which must be prepared by virtue of section 24(1) of the Act;\n“pre-application consultation statement” means a statement from the Scottish Ministers as to whether or not, in their opinion, an activity in respect of which a marine licence is being sought is of a class or description prescribed by regulation 4; ...\n“relevant period” means the period beginning on 21 May 2020 and ending on the date on which Part 1 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 expires in accordance with section 12 of that Act; and\n“renewable energy structure” means a structure in the Scottish marine area constructed for the purposes of generating electricity and includes all ancillary works.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 3 omitted (20.5.2020 at 1.45 p.m.) by virtue of The Marine Works and Marine Licensing (Miscellaneous Temporary Modifications) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/157), regs. 1, 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3 inserted (20.5.2020 at 1.45 p.m.) by The Marine Works and Marine Licensing (Miscellaneous Temporary Modifications) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/157), regs. 1, 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 1.1.2014, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/286/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:37:45.578389+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."
}