PART 3

Exempt activities and conditions

Use of vehicles to remove litter or seaweed from beaches
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1
This article applies to a removal activity using a vehicle carried on by or on behalf of a local authority for the purpose of removing any litter or seaweed from a beach.
2
This article does not apply to any such removal activity—
a
that falls within sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of paragraph (3); and
b
that is not directly connected with or necessary to the management of the site or area referred to in that sub-paragraph.
3
Such 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 a 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 MPA;
ii
any ecological or geomorphological process on which the conservation of any protected feature of an MPA is (wholly or in part) dependent.