The Marine Licensing (Register of Licensing Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe the particulars of the matters required by section 101(1) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (“the Act”) to be contained in the register of information maintained by the Department of the Environment as the appropriate licensing authority for the Northern Ireland inshore region. Section 66 of the Act identifies licensable marine activities.

Regulation 5 prescribes the particulars that must be included in the register relating to applications and licences. Regulations 6 to 12 prescribe additional particulars relating to particular types of applications and licences. Regulations 13 and 14 prescribe particulars relating to variation, revocation, suspension and transfer of licences. Regulations 15 to 17 prescribe particulars relating to convictions, other enforcement action and remedial action.

Section 101(5) of the Act prohibits inclusion in the register of certain information on the ground of national security or commercial confidentiality. See paragraph 7 of Schedule 9 to the Act for transitional provisions relating to the register maintained under section 14 of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985(1).

The Marine Assessment and Licensing Team of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) can be contacted in relation to the availability of the register, at 17 Antrim Road, Lisburn, Co Antrim, BT28 3AL. Further information may be obtained from the Agency’s website at www.ni-environment.gov.uk.

A full Regulatory Impact Assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available from the Marine Policy Team, Department of the Environment, Millennium House, 17-25 Great Victoria Street, Belfast, BT2 7BN and from the Department of the Environment website, www.doeni.gov.uk.

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1985 c.48