The Marine Licensing (Register of Licensing Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

(a) “the Act” means the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;

(b) “application” means in regulations 4 to 12, an application for a marine licence, but does not include an application for a marine licence submitted and subsequently withdrawn;

(c) “co-ordinates” means—

(i) co-ordinates of latitude and longitude on the World Geodetic System 1984, or

(ii) co-ordinates on the National Grid used by the Ordnance Survey;

(d) “the Department” means the Department of the Environment;

(e) “licence” means a marine licence; and

(f) “the register” means the register of licensing information maintained under section 101(1) of the Act by the Department as the appropriate licensing authority.

(2) A reference in these Regulations to a numbered item is reference to that numbered item in section 66(1) of the Act (which identifies licensable marine activities).

(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(1) applies to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

(1)

1954 c.33 (NI)