
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Marine Licensing (Application Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 and come into operation on 6th April 2011.
2 
These Regulations apply in relation to Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland inshore region, and any application for a marine licence in relation to Northern Ireland or the Northern Ireland inshore region, for which the Department is the appropriate licensing authority.
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(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
(2) In these Regulations—
 “application” means an application for a marine licence made under section 67 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009; and
 “the Department” means the Department of the Environment.
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(1) All applications for a marine licence shall be accompanied by a fee to be paid to the Department.
(2) All fees shall be calculated in accordance with the Schedule and, in the case of an application made on or after 1st April 2012, shall be varied in accordance with regulation 5.
(3) Payment of all fees shall be made in accordance with these Regulations.
(4) Payment of a fee is deemed not to have been made until the Department has received cleared funds for the full amount due.
(5) If an application is not accompanied by the relevant fee and payment is not made to the Department in accordance with these Regulations, the Department may—
(a) refuse to proceed with the application; or
(b) refuse to proceed with it until payment of the full fee has been made.
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(1) The fees payable in respect of applications are to be varied with effect from 1st April each year and the fee to accompany an application made on or after 1st April 2012 is to be determined in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) The fee payable in respect of an application is to be determined in accordance with the formula —A×BCwhere —
 “A” is the amount that would have been payable had the application of the kind in question been made in the licensing year prior to the licensing year in which the application is made;
 “B” is the Gross Domestic Product Deflator Index for February in the licensing year immediately before the licensing year in which the application is made; and
 “C” is the Gross Domestic Product Deflator Index figure for February in the licensing year finishing a year before the start of the licensing year in which the application is made.
(3) In paragraph (2), “licensing year” means the period of 12 months starting on the 1st April.
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(1) Subject to paragraph (2), fees are non-refundable.
(2) The Department may repay any fee, or any part of a fee, if the Department sees fit.
(3) The Department may waive or reduce any fee if the Department sees fit.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 16th March 2011
Maggie Smith
A senior officer of the
Department of the Environment

SCHEDULE
PART 1

1. Table 1 (Marine Construction Licence) is categorised into  12  bands which reflect the size and scale of the project, in monetary terms. The applicant will be required to pay the licence fee (Column 2) on submission of an application.
2. Tables 2 (Maintenance Dredging Licence), 3 (Capital Dredging Licence), 4 (Maintenance Dredge Disposal Licence) and 5 (Capital Dredge Disposal Licence) are all categorised into bands which reflect the metric tonnages of material to be dredged or disposed of. In each case, the applicant will be required to pay the Licence Fee (Column 2) on submission of an application.
3. Tables 6 (Deposit of Tracer Dyes, Biocides and Other Such Materials Licence) and 7 (Marine Minerals Extraction Licence) each have a single band. The fee to be paid by the applicant on submission of an application is as indicated.
4. Table 8 (Marine Renewable Energy Licence) is categorised into 4 bands which reflect the size and scale of the project, in terms of its output in Megawatts. The applicant will be required to pay the Licence Fee (Column 2) on submission of an application.

PART 2

Table 1
Column 1Banded values in monetary terms Column 2Licence Fee
Band AUp to £2,499 £65
Band B£2,500 - £4,999 £200
Band C£5,000 - £19,999 £1,682
Band D£20,000 - £49,999 £2,323
Band E£50,000 - £199,999 £4,433
Band F£200,000 - £499,999 £6,378
Band G£500,000 - £999,999 £7,399
Band H£1,000,000 - £2,999,999 £13,852
Band I£3,000,000 - £4,999,999 £17,074
Band J£5,000,000 - £19,999,999 £20,300
Band K£20,000,000 - £49,999,999 £33,203
Band L£50,000,000 and above £54,450

Table 2
Column 1Banded values in terms of mass of material dredged (t = tonne) Column 2Licence fee
Band 1Up to 9,999t £752
Band 210,000t – 24,999t £910
Band 325,000t – 49,999t £1,062
Band 450,000t – 99,999t £1,710
Band 5100,000t – 499,999t £3,835
Band 6500,000t – 999,999t £5,441
Band 71,000,000 and above £9,175

Table 3
Column 1Banded values in terms of mass of material dredged (t = tonne) Column 2Licence fee
Band 1Up to 9,999t £2,760
Band 210,000t – 24,999t £3,840
Band 325,000t – 49,999t £5,233
Band 450,000t – 99,999t £7,384
Band 5100,000t – 499,999t £10,314
Band 6500,000t – 999,999t £14,635
Band 71,000,000t and above £24,660

Table 4
Column 1Banded values in terms of mass of material disposed (t = tonne) Column 2Licence fee
Band 1Up to 9,999t £6,189
Band 210,000t – 24,999t £8,449
Band 325,000t – 49,999t £11,829
Band 450,000t – 99,999t £16,685
Band 5100,000t – 499,999t £23,525
Band 6500,000t – 999,999t £33,203
Band 71,000,000t and above £55,774

Table 5
Column 1Banded values in terms of mass of material disposed (t = tonne) Column 2Licence fee
Band 1Up to 9,999t £8,323
Band 210,000t – 24,999t £11,418
Band 325,000t – 49,999t £15,255
Band 450,000t – 99,999t £22,649
Band 5100,000t – 499,999t £31,877
Band 6500,000t – 999,999t £45,130
Band 71,000,000t and above £76,059

Table 6
Licence fee
£1,273

Table 7
Licence fee
£90,284

Table 8
Column 1Banded values in terms of the project’s power output (MW = Megawatt, GW = Gigawatt) Column 2Licence fee
Band R1Up to 0.99MW £12,325
Band R21.00MW – 9.99MW £38,538
Band R310.00MW – 999.99MW £162,465
Band R41.00GW and above £162,465 plus £30,000 for each additional 500MW above 1.00GW