http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/78/article/25BThe Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011PollutionWaste policies and regulationenENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;MARINE LICENSINGStatute Law Database2024-05-20Expert Participation2022-04-01 This Order specifies activities which do not need a marine licence, or do not need a marine licence if conditions specified in the Order are satisfied. It applies in relation to any area, and any licensable marine activity taking place in that area, in relation to which the Department of the Environment is the appropriate licensing authority under section 113 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Article 2). PART 325B1Article 4 applies–ato a deposit made for the purpose of placing a marker;bto a removal activity carried on for the purpose of meeting the condition in paragraph (3).2Paragraph (1) is subject to the condition that notice of the intention to carry on the activity must be given to the licensing authority before the activity is carried on, except where the activity consists of a deposit made for the purpose of placing a marker and the subsequent removal of that marker will take place within 24 hours of the deposit.3Sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) is subject to the condition that the marker and its appurtenances must be removed from the sea and, where applicable, the seabed within the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the deposit is made.4But Article 4 does not apply–ato any such activity that causes, or is likely to cause, obstruction or danger to navigation; orbto any such activity–ithat falls within sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of paragraph (5); andiithat is not directly connected with or necessary to the management of the site or zone (as the case may be) referred to in that sub-paragraph.5An activity falls within this paragraph if–ait is a plan or project likely (either alone or in combination with other plans or projects) to have a significant effect on a European site;bit is likely to have a significant effect on a Ramsar site; orcit is capable of affecting (other than insignificantly)–ithe protected features of an MCZ; oriiany ecological or geomorphological process on which the conservation of any protected feature of an MCZ is (wholly or in part) dependent.Arts. 25A, 25B inserted (1.4.2022) by The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/68), arts. 1, 14