PART II

DEPOSITS IN THE SEA

Licensing

Exemptions.
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1
A licensing authority mayby order made by statutory instrument specify operations—
a
which are not to need a licence; or
b
which are not to need a licence if they satisfy conditions specified in the order.
2
The conditions that an order under this section may specify include conditions enabling a licensing authority to require a person to obtain the authority’s approval before he does anything for which a licence would be needed but for the order.
3
Approval under subsection (2) above may be without conditions or subject to such conditions as the authority considers appropriate.
3A
A licensing authority—
a
shall consult the Food Standards Agency as to any order the authority contemplates making under this section; and
b
shall from time to time consult that Agency as to the general approach to be taken by the authority in relation to the granting of approvals and the imposition of conditions under subusections (2) and (3) (including the identification of circumstances in which it may be desirable for the Agency to be consulted in relation to particular cases).
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A statutory instrument containing an order under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
S. 7 power to transfer functions conferred (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 22(1)(c)(5), Sch. 3 Pt. I, para. 4(1)(a) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2789, art. 2
S. 7 amended (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1750, art. 4, Sch. 3 (with s. 7); S.I. 1998/3178
Words in s. 7(1) substituted (30.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1756, art. 2, Sch. 10(7) (with art. 8)
S. 7(3A) inserted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 28, s. 18, Sch. 3 Pt. III para. 16(3) (with s. 38); S.I. 2000/1066, art. 2
Pt. II modified (1.3.1995) by S.R. 1995/12, reg. 9