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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/204/article/21/2011-04-06</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Scottish Inshore Region) Order 2011</dc:title><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION</dc:subject><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">LICENSING (MARINE)</dc:subject><dc:modified>2026-04-24</dc:modified><dct:valid>2011-04-06</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>This Order specifies activities which are not to need a marine licence, or not to need a marine licence if conditions specified in the Order are satisfied. It applies to the Scottish marine area (within the meaning of section 1 of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010) which is basically the UK territorial sea adjacent to Scotland. The Scottish Ministers are responsible for granting marine licences in that area (as well as in Scottish offshore waters – governed by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009).</dc:description>
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          <Strong>PART 3</Strong>
        </Number><Title>Exempt activities and conditions</Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2011-04-06"><Title>Emergency works</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/204/article/21/2011-04-06" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/204/article/21" id="article-21"><Pnumber>21</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/204/article/21/1/2011-04-06" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/204/article/21/1" id="article-21-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>This article applies to an activity carried on for the purpose of executing emergency works—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/204/article/21/1/a/2011-04-06" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/204/article/21/1/a" id="article-21-1-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>in response to any flood or the imminent risk of any flood;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/204/article/21/1/b/2011-04-06" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/204/article/21/1/b" id="article-21-1-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>for the purpose of preventing pollution of the environment; or</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/204/article/21/1/c/2011-04-06" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/204/article/21/1/c" id="article-21-1-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>to repair an existing structure.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/204/article/21/2/2011-04-06" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2011/204/article/21/2" id="article-21-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>This article is subject to the condition that the activity is approved by the Scottish Ministers before it is carried on.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Part></Body></Secondary></Legislation>