Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]

Clause 6: Trans-shipment licences for vessels Amendments 24 and 25 24: Clause 6, page 4, line 10, at end insert— "( ) In subsection (1) of that section (power by order to prohibit trans-shipping of fish unless authorised by a licence granted by one of the Ministers) the reference to one of the Ministers is to be read as including a reference to the MMO instead of a reference to the Secretary of State." 25: Clause 6, page 4, line 27, leave out subsection (5) and insert— "(5) The grant, variation, revocation or suspension of a licence under that section by or on behalf of the Secretary of State before the coming into force of this section has effect as from the coming into force of this section as the grant, variation, revocation or suspension of the licence by the MMO. (5A) Where a decision to grant, vary, revoke or suspend a licence under that section— (a) has been taken by or on behalf of the Secretary of State before the coming into force of this section, but (b) has not been notified in accordance with regulations under section 4B of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (c. 84), the decision has effect as from the coming into force of this section as a decision taken by the MMO. (5B) Where, before the coming into force of this section, an application for a licence under section 4A of that Act, or for the variation of such a licence,— (a) has been made to the Secretary of State or a person acting on behalf of the Secretary of State, but (b) has not been determined or withdrawn, the application is to be treated as from the coming into force of this section as an application made to the MMO." Amendments 24 and 25 agreed.