What UK Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009: Marine Management Organisation, Marine Planning, Licensing and Conservation Zones requires
The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 is the principal framework for the management, planning, licensing and conservation of the United Kingdom marine area, administered by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and the devolved marine authorities. Part 1 establishes the MMO: section 1 constitutes the Marine Management Organisation, section 2 sets its general objective of making a contribution to sustainable development, and section 3 governs its performance. Part 3 creates the marine-planning system: section 44 provides for a marine policy statement, section 49 for marine planning regions, and section 51 for marine plans for marine plan areas, which guide decisions affecting the marine area. Part 4 establishes marine licensing: section 65 imposes the requirement for a marine licence, section 66 defines the licensable marine activities (including depositing or removing substances or objects and carrying out construction or dredging in the sea), and section 85 makes it an offence to carry on a licensable activity without a licence or in breach of its conditions. Part 5 provides for nature conservation: section 116 enables the designation of marine conservation zones, section 117 sets the grounds for designation, and section 125 places a general duty on public authorities to exercise their functions so as to further, or least hinder, the conservation objectives of marine conservation zones. Part 9 creates coastal access: section 296 imposes the coastal access duty and section 304 provides for the establishment and maintenance of the English coastal route. The Act is the legal basis on which the United Kingdom plans its seas, licenses marine works, designates marine protected areas and secures public access along the coast.
Pillar: Water & Environmental Resources · Authority: UK Parliament / Marine Management Organisation and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/23/contents
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- Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, section 1 - the Marine Management Organisation; section 2 its general objective.
- Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, section 44 - marine policy statement.
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