The Environmental Impact Assessment and Natural Habitats (Extraction of Minerals by Marine Dredging) (Wales) Regulations 2007

Restrictions on dredging

4.  It is an offence for any person to carry out dredging except where the dredging —

(a)falls within one of the cases described in regulation 5 (when these Regulations will apply in relation to the dredging only to the extent specified in that regulation in relation to the particular case); or

(b)is carried out under and in accordance with a permission granted under Part 4 of these Regulations.