The Environmental Impact Assessment and Natural Habitats (Extraction of Minerals by Marine Dredging) (Wales) Regulations 2007

Transfer of permission E+W

16.—(1) A permission granted under these Regulations must not be transferred either in whole or in part to another person without the prior approval of the Welsh Ministers and where any transfer is purported to be made without such approval the transfer will be void.

(2) The Welsh Ministers may, upon application from the owner or the holder, approve the transfer either unconditionally or subject to such conditions of transfer as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.

(3) Where a permission is transferred, the owner—

(a) remains liable for any breach of any condition to which the permission is subject, whenever the breach may arise;

(b) continues to have such rights and obligations in relation to the permission as these Regulations provide.

(4) Any holder of a permission is only liable for breaches of any conditions, including any conditions of transfer, to which the permission is subject which arise whilst the holder is the holder of the permission.

(5) A holder of a permission is not liable for breaches of any conditions imposed to implement regional limits on the tonnages which may be dredged.

(6) Where a permission has been transferred with the Welsh Ministers' approval under paragraph (2), the transfer will cease to have effect at the end of the period of 40 days beginning with the date of the transfer, or such further period as may be agreed by the Welsh Ministers, unless the transferee notifies the Welsh Ministers within that period—

(a) that the whole or, as the case may be, part of the permission has been transferred to the transferee;

(b) where the transfer is of part only, of the extent of the part transferred; and

(c) of the date of the transfer.