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3.—(1) In this Order—
“the Act” means the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;
“activity” means licensable marine activity(1);
[F1“Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1127” means Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1127 of 10th July 2015 amending Annex II to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on waste and repealing certain Directives;]
“disposal” has the meaning given by Article 3 of the Waste Framework Directive;
“a European site” means—
“exempt activity” has the meaning given by Article 4;
“fishing operation” includes fishing for or taking shellfish but does not include an activity relating to the propagation or cultivation of shellfish;
“harbour authority” has the meaning given by section 38(1) of the Harbours Act (Northern Ireland) 1970(4);
“licensing authority” means the appropriate licensing authority under section 113(6)(b) of the Act;
“lighthouse authority” means a general lighthouse authority or a local lighthouse authority within the meaning of Part 8 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(5);
[F2“marine litter” means any persistent, manufactured or processed solid material discarded, disposed of or abandoned in the marine and coastal environment;
“MCZ” means a marine conservation zone designated under section 13(1) of the Marine Act (Northern Ireland) 2013;]
“plan or project” has the same meaning as in Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora(6);
“protected feature” has the meaning given by section 147(1) of the Act;
“Ramsar site” means wetlands designated as internationally important under the Convention of Wetlands (Ramsar 1971)(7);
“shellfish” includes crustaceans and molluscs of any kind and any part of a shellfish;
“waste” means anything that—
is waste within the meaning of Article 3(1) of the Waste Framework Directive, as read with Article 5(1) of that Directive; and
is not excluded from the scope of that Directive by Article 2(1), 2(2) or 2(3) of that Directive; and [F3,
for this purpose Article 5(1) of that Directive is to be read as if the words “Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that” were omitted; and]
[F4“the Waste Framework Directive” means Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste, as last amended by Directive (EU) 2018/851.]
(2) A reference in this Order to a numbered item is a reference to that numbered item in section 66(1) of the Act (Licensable marine activities).
(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(8) applies to this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 3(1) inserted (15.7.2016) by The Waste (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/95), regs. 1(1), 6(2)(b)
F2Words in art. 3 inserted (1.4.2022) by The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/68), arts. 1, 3
F3Words in art. 3(1) inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Waste (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/284), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(a)
F4Words in art. 3(1) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by virtue of The Waste (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/284), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(b)
Commencement Information
I1Art. 3 in operation at 6.4.2011, see art. 1
See sections 66 and 115(1) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009.
S.I. 2007/1842, last amended by S.I. 2010/1513.
1995 c. 21. See section 193 of that Act, to which section relevant amendments have been made by paragraph 6 of Schedule 6 to the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28).
OJ No L 206, 22.7.1992, p 7, last amended by Council Directive 2006/105/EC (OJ No L 363, 20.12.2006, p 368).
These sites are given statutory protection by the Nature Conservation and Amenity Lands (Northern Ireland) Order 1985. No. 170
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