Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 (No. 50 of 2021).
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Type of law
Legislation
Abstract
The Act provides for the regulation of the maritime area. Part II concerns Maritime Spatial Plans (MSP) and Designated Maritime Area Plans and establishes that the objectives of a MSP shall be (a) to analyse and organise maritime usages in the maritime area for the purpose of achieving ecological, economic and social priorities; (b) to establish a national strategy for the Government in relation to the strategic planning and sustainable maritime usages in the maritime area; (c) to apply an ecosystem based approach for the purpose of supporting proper planning and sustainable maritime usages in the maritime area, and; (d) to promote the coexistence of different types of maritime usages in the maritime area. Furthermore it provides for the amendment process, assessment, establishment of a database, among others.
Part 3 establishes the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority, and regulates its functions and powers. Part 4 concerns the Maritime Area Consent; it establishes when it is required, when can be granted or refused, levies, rehabilitation of maritime area and emergency works, what happens when there is a privately owned part of maritime area, among others. Part 5 regulates licences authorising certain maritime usages in Maritime Area. Part 6 enforcement, offences and penalties.
Part 3 establishes the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority, and regulates its functions and powers. Part 4 concerns the Maritime Area Consent; it establishes when it is required, when can be granted or refused, levies, rehabilitation of maritime area and emergency works, what happens when there is a privately owned part of maritime area, among others. Part 5 regulates licences authorising certain maritime usages in Maritime Area. Part 6 enforcement, offences and penalties.
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An Act to regulate the maritime area, to achieve such regulation by means of a National Marine Planning Framework, maritime area consents for the occupation of the maritime area for the purposes of maritime usages that will be undertaken for undefined or relatively long periods of time (including any such usages which also require development permission under the Planning and Development Act 2000 ) and licences for the occupation of the maritime area for maritime usages that are minor or that will be undertaken for relatively short periods of time, to establish a body corporate, the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority, to grant, revoke and suspend such consents and licences, take administrative responsibility for foreshore authorisations and generally oversee the enforcement of this Act in so far as it relates to such consents and licences, to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000 to provide for how that Act will treat applications for development permission which must have a maritime area consent before being made and to provide for consequential amendments to other enactments; and to provide for related matters.
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Repealed
No
Source language
English
Legislation status
in force
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No
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