
2010 No. 907 (C. 61)
Marine Management
Fisheries
The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Commencement No.3) Order 2010
Made 20th March 2010
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 324(3) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009.
Citation
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This Order may be cited as the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Commencement No.3) Order 2010.
Appointed day – 1st April 2010
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(1) The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 referred to in paragraph (2) is 1st April 2010.
(2) The provisions of that Act are—
(a) section 4 (transfer to the Marine Management Organisation (“the MMO”) of Secretary of State’s function of granting licences under section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (“the 1967 Act”), etc);
(b) section 5 (reference to the Minister in section 4AA(5) of the 1967 Act to be read in certain cases as a reference to the MMO);
(c) section 6 (transfer to the MMO of Secretary of State’s function of granting licences under section 4A of the 1967 Act, etc);
(d) section 7 (certain references to the Secretary of State in regulations made under section 4B of the 1967 Act to be read in certain cases as references to the MMO, etc);
(e) section 8 (transfer to the MMO of the Secretary of State’s functions under section 9(1) to (4) of the 1967 Act), so far as not already commenced by section 324 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009.
Huw Irranca-Davies
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
20th March 2010