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21.—(1) Article 4 applies to a removal activity using a vehicle carried on by or on behalf of a local authority for the purpose of removing any litter [F2, seaweed or dead animals from beaches or intertidal areas].
[F3(1A) Paragraph (1) is subject to the condition that notice of the intention to carry on the removal activity must be given to the licensing authority before the removal activity may be carried on for the purpose of removing a dead animal.]
(2) But Article 4 does not apply to any such removal activity—
(a)that falls within sub-paragraph [F4(a), (b) or (c) of paragraph (3), or paragraph (3A)]; and
(b)that is not directly connected with or necessary to the management of the site referred to in that sub-paragraph.
(3) Such an 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; F5...
(b)it is likely to have a significant effect on a Ramsar site [F6; or
(c)it is capable of affecting (other than insignificantly)–
(i)the protected features of an MCZ;
(ii)any ecological or geomorphological process on which the conservation of any protected feature of an MCZ is (wholly or in part) dependent.]
[F7(3A) Such an activity falls within this paragraph if it is likely to cause damage to features of archaeological or historic interest in an area where the activities in question occur.]
(4) In paragraph (1), “local authority” has the meaning given by section 68(9) of the Act.
[F8(4A) In paragraph (1), “intertidal area” means the area between the level of mean high water spring tides and the level of mean low water spring tides.]
(5) In Paragraph (3)(a) and (b), “likely” has the same meaning as in Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora(1).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 21 heading substituted (1.4.2022) by The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/68), arts. 1, 11(1)
F2Words in art. 21(1) substituted (1.4.2022) by The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/68), arts. 1, 11(2)
F3Art. 21(1A) inserted (1.4.2022) by The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/68), arts. 1, 11(3)
F4Words in art. 21(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2022) by The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/68), arts. 1, 11(4)
F5Word in art. 21(3)(a) omitted (1.4.2022) by virtue of The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/68), arts. 1, 11(5)(a)
F6Art. 21(3)(c) and word inserted (1.4.2022) by The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/68), arts. 1, 11(5)(b)
F7Art. 21(3A) inserted (1.4.2022) by The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/68), arts. 1, 11(6)
F8Art. 21(4A) inserted (1.4.2022) by The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/68), arts. 1, 11(7)
Commencement Information
I1Art. 21 in operation at 6.4.2011, see art. 1
OJ No L 206, 22.7.1992
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