Insertion of Article 24A
13. After Article 24 (removal of obstruction or danger to navigation) insert–
Use of vehicles or vessels to remove marine litter and debris
24A.—(1) Article 4 applies to a removal activity using a vehicle or vessel carried on by or on behalf of a Harbour Authority for the purpose of removing marine litter and debris from the area within its jurisdiction.
(2) But Article 4 does not apply to any such removal activity–
(a)that is likely to cause damage to features of archaeological or historic interest in the area where the activities in question occur; or
(b)that–
(i)falls within paragraph (3); and
(ii)is not directly connected with or necessary for the management of a site or zone (as the case may be) referred to in that paragraph.
(3) An activity falls within this paragraph if–
(a)it is a plan or project likely (either alone or in combination with other plans or projects) to have significant effect on a European site;
(b)it is likely to have a significant effect on a Ramsar site; or
(c)it is capable of affecting (other than insignificantly)–
(i)the protected features of an MCZ;
(ii)any ecological or geomorphological process on which the conservation of any protected feature of an MCZ is (wholly or in part) dependent.”.