Water & Marine: Conservation and Use of Marine Environment
These regulations deal with conservation of our marine ecosystems and aquatic life, and include a comprehensive licensing system for potentially damaging marine activities.
We want to hear your views on how we could reduce regulatory burdens, and improve implementation of these regulations; to ensure that we can deliver our policy aims and protect the Marine environment in the most effective way. For example, would it be possible to extend the number of activities in the marine environment that are exempt from the requirement for a marine licence, because they pose little or no risk to the environment or navigational safety? This could be done by amending The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) Order.
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Deposits in the Sea (Exemptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2010 Amends the exemption relating to the deposit of cable and associated equipment so as to remove the exemption from the requirement for a licence under section 5 of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985. Read More… (opens in a new window)
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Deposits in the Sea (Exemptions) Order 1985 Order, which does not apply to Northern Ireland or to UK waters adjacent to Northern Ireland, exempts specified operations from the licensing requirements of Part II of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 (deposits in the sea). Read More… (opens in a new window)
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Deposits in the Sea (Public Registers of Information) Regulations 1996 Regulations prescribe the particulars of the matters to be contained in the registers of information in respect of the deposit of substances or articles in the sea or under the sea bed and the scuttling of vessels. Read More… (opens in a new window)
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Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 These Regulations amend the Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 2007 which make provision for implementing Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds and Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of n Read More… (opens in a new window)
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Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 Regulations amend the Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 2007 which make provision for implementing Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds and Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural Read More… (opens in a new window)
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Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c) Regulations 2007 Regulations make provision for implementing Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds and Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora in relation to marine areas where the UK has jur Read More… (opens in a new window)
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Marine Strategy Regulations 2010 Regulations transpose Directive 2008/56/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of marine environmental policy and extend to the United Kingdom. Read More… (opens in a new window)
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The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007 Regulations implement, in relation to certain marine works, Council Directive 85/337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment Read More… (opens in a new window)
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The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 Regulations make amendments to the principal Regulations consequential on the enactment of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 and the Marine Scotland Act 2010 which largely replace the marine licensing and consent controls previously exercised under P Read More… (opens in a new window)
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The Marine Management Organisation (Prescription of Powers to Fix Fees and Charges) Order 2010 Order prescribes certain powers of the Secretary of State to fix fees and charges for the purposes of section 17 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. Read More… (opens in a new window)
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The Marine Licensing (Licence Application Appeals) Regulations 2011 Regulations establish an appeals procedure in relation to decisions taken under section 71 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, they apply in relation to any area, and any licensable marine activity carried on in that area, for which the Secretary o Read More… (opens in a new window)
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The Marine Licensing (Notices Appeals) Regulations 2011 Regulations provide for appeals to be made to the First-tier Tribunal against certain notices issued under Part 4 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. Read More… (opens in a new window)
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The Marine Licensing (Application Fees) Regulations 2011 Regulations apply in relation to any application for a marine licence in relation to which the Secretary of State is the appropriate licensing authority under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. Read More… (opens in a new window)
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The Marine Licensing (Delegation of Functions) Order 2011 Order delegates the exercise of certain functions of the Secretary of State as a licensing authority and an enforcement authority under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. Read More… (opens in a new window)
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The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) Order 2011 Order specifies activities which do not need a marine licence, or do not need a marine licence if conditions specified in the Order are satisfied, it applies in relation to any area, and any licensable marine activity taking place in that area, in relatio Read More… (opens in a new window)
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The Marine Licensing (Register of Licensing Information) Regulations 2011 Regulations prescribe the particulars of the matters required by section 101 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 to be contained in the register of information maintained by the Secretary of State as a licensing authority. Read More… (opens in a new window)
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The Petroleum Act 1998 (Specified Pipelines) Order 2011 Order specifies descriptions of pipelines which are to be disregarded for the purposes of Part 3 of the Petroleum Act 1998 (other than for the purposes of section 24(2A), under which this Order is made). Read More… (opens in a new window)
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Sea Sand (Devon and Cornwall) Act 1609 Confers rights on residents of Devon and Cornwall and boatmen/bargement to remove sand for purposes of manuring land Read More… (opens in a new window)
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The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Amendment) Regulations 2011 This covers Part 4 on Marine Licenses (ch 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) of the Act Read More… (opens in a new window)
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The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Amendment) Regulations 2011 This covers Part 5 on MCZ/MPA network (ch 1) of the Act Read More… (opens in a new window)
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Tell us what you think should happen to these regulations and why, being specific where possible:
- Should we scrap them altogether?
- Could their purpose be achieved in a non-regulatory way (eg through a voluntary code?) How?
- Could they be reformed, simplified or merged? How?
- Can we reduce their bureaucracy through better implementation? How?
- Can we make their enforcement less burdensome? How?
- Should they be left as they are?
As one of many small boat sailors in the Forth and Carron river estuaries on the East of Scotland I am concerned that the proposed arrangements for licences to mud wash will do more harm than good. Like our friends in the Blackwater and other places, in the Forth and Carron we often need to mud wash to maintain access to the river and the estuary. Otherwise the silting would, in time, make access impossible.
I fully recognise that humans are just one species who make purposeful use of the unique environment and we should, with the help of regulation, respect and protect the interests of all users and species. It would not be good to reach a situation where small boat users are penalised and unable to afford to use our waters and shores.
We need to make sensitive use of these areas for recreation and quality of life, recognising that large commercial concerns have comparatively larger duties and responsibilities and that the need to protect the marine environment and foreshores applies to all of us .Comment Tags: Carron, Forth, mudwash, Scotland, small boat