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Marine (Scotland) Act 2010

Marine (Scotland) Act 2010

2010 asp 5

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Part 4 – Marine Licensing

Other powers

Section 60 - Power to test and charge for testing certain substances

95.Section 60 allows the Scottish Ministers to carry out, on the request of any person, tests on substances for their effect on the marine environment and to recover the expenses of that testing. Tests can be carried out if a substance is to be used for treating fouling matter and in this context “fouling matter” means oil or chemicals, or algae or other living or dead organisms.

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