This Order may be cited as the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Transitional Provisions) Order 2012.

This Order comes into force on 6th April 2012.

In this Order—

• “the 2009 Act” means the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;

• “dredging operation” means an operation which falls within item 9 in section 66(1) of the 2009 Act”; and

• “an excepted dredging operation” is a dredging operation in respect of which the appropriate licensing authority is—

  1. i

     the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 113(4) of the 2009 Act; or

  2. ii

     the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland by virtue of section 113(6) of the 2009 Act.