44.—(1) The Commissioners may upon such terms and conditions as they think fit grant to any person a licence to dredge in any part of the harbour.
(2) Application for a dredging licence must be made in writing to the Commissioners and must be accompanied by plans, sections and particulars defining the nature, extent and manner of the operations in respect of which the application is made.
(3) In granting a licence, the Commissioners may require modifications in the plans, sections and particulars submitted to them by the applicant.
(4) Paragraphs (4) to (9) and (12) of article 43 of this Order apply in relation to a dredging licence as they apply in relation to a works licence.
(5) The grant of a licence under this article has effect for the purpose of article 41 and confers no other authority for the carrying out of the operations covered by the licence.
(6) Unless otherwise agreed by the Commissioners any materials (other than wreck within the meaning of section 255(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(1)) taken up or collected by means of dredging in pursuance of a dredging licence must, in so far as they are not the property of the Commissioners before being taken up and collected, but subject to the provisions of article 43, become the property of the Commissioners, and the Commissioners may use, appropriate or dispose of any such material.