The Marine Licensing (Application Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

SCHEDULE Tables of fees to be paid for licensable marine activities.

PART 1 DESCRIPTION OF FEE TABLES (USAGE)

1.

Table 1 (Marine Construction Licence) is categorised into 9 bands which reflect the size and scale of the project, in monetary terms. The applicant will be required to pay the licence fee (Column 2) on submission of an application.

2.

Tables 2 (Maintenance Dredging Licence), 3 (Capital Dredging Licence), 4 (Maintenance Dredge Disposal Licence) and 5 (Capital Dredge Disposal Licence) are all categorised into bands which reflect the metric tonnages of material to be dredged or disposed of. In each case, the applicant will be required to pay the Licence Fee (Column 2) on submission of an application.

3.

Tables 6 (Deposit of Tracer Dyes, Biocides and Other Such Materials Licence) and 7 (Marine Minerals Extraction Licence) each have a single band. The fee to be paid by the applicant on submission of an application is as indicated.

4.

Table 8 (Marine Renewable Energy Licence) is categorised into 4 bands which reflect the size and scale of the project, in terms of its output in Megawatts. The applicant will be required to pay the Licence Fee (Column 2) on submission of an application.

PART 2 FEES PAYABLE (AMOUNTS PAYABLE)

Table 1

Marine Construction Licence

Column 1 Banded values in monetary terms	Column 2 Licence Fee
Band A Up to £19,999	£550
Band B £20,000 - £49,999	£759
Band C £50,000 - £199,999	£1,446
Band D £200,000 - £499,999	£2,075
Band E £500,000 - £999,999	£2,410
Band F £1,000,000 - £2,999,999	£4,506
Band G £3,000,000 - £4,999,999	£5,554
Band H £5,000,000 - £19,999,999	£6,602
Band I £20,000,000 and above	£10,795

Table 2

Maintenance Dredging Licence

Column 1 Banded values in terms of mass of material dredged. (t = tonne)	Column 2 Licence Fee
Band 1 0 – 9,999t	£250
Band 2 10,000t – 24,999t	£300
Band 3 25,000t – 49,999t	£350

Table 3

Capital Dredging Licence

Column 1 Banded values in terms of mass of material dredged. (t = tonne)	Column 2 Licence Fee
Band 1 0 – 9,999t	£902
Band 2 10,000t – 24,999t	£1,253
Band 3 25,000t – 49,999t	£1,704
Band 4 50,000t – 99,999t	£2,405
Band 5 100,000t – 499,999t	£3,358
Band 6 500,000t – 999,999t	£4,761
Band 7 1,000,000t and above	£8,019

Table 4

Maintenance Dredge Disposal Licence

Column 1 Banded values in terms of mass of material disposed. (t = tonne)	Column 2 Licence Fee
Band 1 0 – 9,999t	£2,017
Band 2 10,000t – 24,999t	£2,751
Band 3 25,000t – 49,999t	£3,856
Band 4 50,000t – 99,999t	£5,428
Band 5 100,000t – 499,999t	£7,650
Band 6 500,000t – 999,999t	£10,795
Band 7 1,000,000t and above	£18,131

Table 5

Capital Dredge Disposal Licence

Column 1 Banded values in terms of mass of material disposed. (t = tonne)	Column 2 Licence Fee
Band 1 0 – 9,999t	£2,709
Band 2 10,000t – 24,999t	£3,715
Band 3 25,000t – 49,999t	£5,208
Band 4 50,000t – 99,999t	£7,367
Band 5 100,000t – 499,999t	£10,365
Band 6 500,000t – 999,999t	£14,672
Band 7 1,000,000t and above	£24,723

Table 6

Deposit of Tracer Dyes, Biocides and Other Such Materials Licence

Licence Fee
£419

Table 7

Marine Minerals Extraction Licence

Licence Fee
£29,345

Table 8

Marine Renewable Energy Licence

Column 1 Banded values in terms of the project’s power output. (MW = Megawatts)	Column 2 Licence Fee
Band R1 0 – 0.99MW	£4,009
Band R2 1.0MW – 9.99MW	£12,530
Band R3 10MW – 99.9MW	£20,550
Band R4 100MW and above	£30,574