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STATUTORY INSTRUMENT
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S.I. No. 145 of 2001
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AQUACULTURE (LICENCE APPLICATION)
(AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2001
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DUBLIN: PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT
SUPPLIES AGENCY
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To be purchased directly from the GOVERNMENT
PUBLICATIONS SALE OFFICE, SUN ALLIANCE HOUSE, MOLESWORTH
STREET, DUBLIN 2, or through any bookseller.
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S.I. No. 145 of 2001
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AQUACULTURE (LICENCE APPLICATION)
(AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2001
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I, Frank Fahey, Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources, in
exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 10, 19, 68 and 70 of the Fisheries
(Amendment) Act, 1997 (No. 23 of 1997) (as adapted by the Marine (Alteration
of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 301 of
1997 ), hereby make the following regulations:
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1. These
Regulations may be cited as the Aquaculture (Licence Application)
(Amendment) Regulations, 2001.
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2. These
Regulations shall come into operation on 7 April 2001.
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3. In
these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the Aquaculture (Licence
Application) Regulations, 1998 ( S.I. No. 236 of 1998 ).
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4. (1) For
the purposes of Regulation 10 of the Principal Regulations, the provision in
paragraph (3) of that Regulation enabling a body (being a body referred to
in paragraph (1) of that Regulation) to make, within 6 weeks of being
notified by the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources, written
submissions or observations to that Minister concerning an application to
which that Regulation relates shall be construed so as to enable the body to
make any such written submissions and observations within 10 weeks of being
so notified, but only where such notification was duly given to the body
between 26 February 2001 and 30 April 2001.
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(2) Nothing in
paragraph (1) of this Regulation shall be construed so as to otherwise
affect the operation of Regulation 10 of the Principal Regulations.
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5. (1) For
the purposes of Regulation 11 of the Principal Regulations, the provision in
paragraph (2) of that Regulation enabling a body (being a body to which
paragraph (1)(a) of that Regulation relates) to make, within 6 weeks of
being furnished under that Regulation with a copy of an environmental impact
statement, written submissions or observations to the Minister for the
Marine and Natural Resources concerning the effects on the environment of the
proposed aquaculture shall be construed so as to enable the body to make
such submissions and observations within 10 weeks of being so furnished, but
only where the furnishing of the environmental impact statement duly
occurred between 26 February 2001 and 30 April 2001.
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(2) Nothing
in paragraph (1) of this Regulation shall be construed so as to otherwise
affect the operation of Regulation 11 of the Principal Regulations.
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GIVEN under my Official Seal on
6 April 2001
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FRANK FAHEY
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Minister for the Marine and Natural
Resources
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
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(This note is not part of the Instrument
and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
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These Regulations take account of precautions
against the spread of Foot and Mouth Disease by extending, from 6 weeks to
10 weeks, the period within which certain statutory and other bodies are
entitled to make written submissions or observations to the Minister for the
Marine and Natural Resources on applications for aquaculture and trial
licences, etc, and on environmental impact statements submitted in that
connexion, which would ordinarily follow site inspections on behalf of, and
meetings of, those bodies.
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These Regulations will not affect
applications, etc, notified to those bodies after 30 April 2001.
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