The UK draft Marine Bill - A new dawn for the marine environment and offshore energy?

Environmental Law and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 141-145

  Wilson, William ^a   Triggs, Robert ^a  

^a Burges Salmon ^*

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Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; EUROPEAN UNION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLICY; PLANNING SYSTEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 53849097328     PISSN: 10676058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm73/7351/7351.pdf.
2. http://www.defra.gov.uk/marine/pdf/legislation/ marinebill-whitepaper07.pdf.
3. Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of The Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive).
4. Bill 11 of 2007-8 session, presented to the House of Commons on 27 November 2007 by Hazel Blears, Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government. http://www.communities.gov.uk/ planningandbuilding/planning/planningpolicyimplementation/ reformplanningsystem/planningbill/.
5. http://www.defra.gov.uk/fish/freshwater/pdf/sffrev.pdf.
6. 'Regulatory Justice: Making Sanctions Effective' (November 2006). (http:/ /www.berr.gov.uk/files/file44593.pdf and http://www.berr.gov.uk/bre/ reviewing-regulation/compliance-businesses/page44102.html).
7. c.13 (http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2008/pdf/ukpga_20080013_en.pdf).
8. Defra banned scallop dredging in a large part of Lyme Bay on 19 June 2008, on the basis of the scientific advice received and after a public consultation (see http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2008/080619a.htm).
9. See Defra's leaflet 'Protecting our marine environment through the Marine Bill' (http://www.defra.gov.uk/marine/pdf/legislation/protect- marine-env-leaflet.pdf).
10. Case C-127/02, Landelijke Vereniging tot Behoud van de Waddenzee (1) and Nederlandse Vereniging tot Bescherming van Vogels (2) v Staatssecretaris van Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Visserij
11. The Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform, formerly the Department of Trade and Industry.