Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009

Register

7 (1) This paragraph applies in any case where—

(a) immediately before the commencement date, an authority was required to maintain under section 14 of FEPA a register (the “FEPA register”) containing information of any particular description in respect of any particular area,

(b) on that date the authority ceased to be required to maintain a register under that section containing information of that description in respect of that area, and

(c) as from that date the authority is required to maintain a register under section 101 of this Act (the “new register”) containing information in respect of that area.

(2) In any such case, the authority must include in the new register any information falling within sub-paragraph (1)(a) that was contained (or was required to have been contained) in the FEPA register immediately before the commencement date.

(3) For the purpose of giving effect to this paragraph—

(a) references in section 101 to marine licences are to be read as including references to FEPA licences, and

(b) references in that section to this Part of this Act or to any provision of this Part are to be read as including references to Part 2 of FEPA or to the corresponding provision of that Part.