The Marine Licensing (Application Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2011

Disposal — marine dredging

6.—(1) In the case of an application for a marine licence that relates to the disposal of dredged material, which does not fall within paragraph (4), the fee is determined by reference to the scales of fees set out in table 3.

(2) Where the dredged material referred to in paragraph (1) comes from capital dredging, the scale of fees in the third column of table 3 applies.

(3) Where the dredged material referred to in paragraph (1) comes from maintenance dredging, the scale of fees in the fourth column of table 3 applies.

(4) In the case of an application for a marine licence which relates to the disposal, for beneficial use, of dredged material, the fee is determined by reference to the scale of fees set out in table 4.

(5) But paragraph (4) is subject to paragraph (6).

(6) Where one or more of the licensable marine activities which form the subject matter of the application referred to in paragraph (4), is to take place in or near an environmentally sensitive area, an environmental sensitivity supplement is payable.

(7) Where an environmental sensitivity supplement is payable, the amount of the supplement is determined by reference to the amounts set out in table 2, subject to the modification in paragraph (8).

(8) Where paragraph (7) applies, a reference to project cost in table 2 is to be read as a reference to the cost of the project from which the dredged material to be disposed of, comes.

(9) In this regulation—

• “beneficial use” (“defnydd llesiannol”) means use which is beneficial to the environment;

• “dredged material” (“deunydd a dreillir”) means any substance or object which comes from marine dredging.