Part 4Marine licensing
Chapter 5Supplementary
Other powers
I1107Power to test, and charge for testing, certain substances
1
A licensing authority may, at the request of any person, conduct tests for the purpose of ascertaining the probable effect on the marine environment of using any of the following substances—
a
any marine chemical treatment substance;
b
any marine oil treatment substance;
c
any marine surface fouling cleaner.
2
In this section—
“marine chemical treatment substance” means any substance used or intended to be used for treating chemicals—
- a
on the surface of the sea or of the sea bed;
- b
in the case of a wash-off substance, on any surface of a marine structure;
- a
“marine oil treatment substance” means any substance used or intended to be used for treating oil on the surface of the sea;
“marine surface fouling cleaner” means any substance used or intended to be used for removing surface fouling matter—
- a
from the surface of the sea or of the sea bed;
- b
in the case of a wash-off substance, from any surface of a marine structure or vessel at times when the structure or vessel is in the sea or on the sea bed;
- a
“surface fouling matter” means any fouling, and includes, in particular,—
- a
any algae;
- b
any surface oil or chemical residue;
- a
“surface oil or chemical residue” means any residual matter on a surface after the removal, or substantial removal, of any oil or chemical (whether by natural processes, or by treatment, or in any other way);
“wash-off substance”, in relation to a marine structure or vessel, means any substance which, if used on a surface of the marine structure or vessel, will or might (whether in whole or to a significant extent)—
- a
be removed from that surface, and
- b
be deposited in the sea,
whether by natural processes, or by treatment, or in any other way.
- a
3
A licensing authority may recover any expenses reasonably incurred in conducting any tests under subsection (1) from any person at whose request those tests were conducted.