The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011

means— (a) a European site within the meaning of regulation 9(1) of the Conservation (Nature Habitats, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995;

means licensable marine activity;

means the addition of material from land-based, off-shore or other coastal sources not connected to the beach or its associated sediment system to replace material permanently lost from the system;

includes– (a) beach re-profiling, which involves the movement of beach material in a cross-shore direction up or down the beach;

means Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1127 of 10th July 2015 amending Annex II to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on waste and repealing certain Directives;

has the meaning given by section 313(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;

has the meaning given by Article 3 of the Waste Framework Directive;

has the meaning given by Article 4;

includes shellfish and any part of a fish;

includes gear used to fish for or take shellfish, but does not otherwise include anything used in connection with the propagation or cultivation of shellfish.

includes fishing for or taking shellfish but does not include an activity relating to the propagation or cultivation of shellfish;

has the meaning given by section 38(1) of the Harbours Act (Northern Ireland) 1970;

means the area between the level of mean high water spring tides and the level of mean low water spring tides.

means the appropriate licensing authority under section 113(6)(b) of the Act;

means a general lighthouse authority or a local lighthouse authority within the meaning of Part 8 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;

has the same meaning as in Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora.

has the meaning given by section 68(9) of the Act.

means any persistent, manufactured or processed solid material discarded, disposed of or abandoned in the marine and coastal environment;

means a marine conservation zone designated under section 13(1) of the Marine Act (Northern Ireland) 2013;

means any person having powers under any enactment or statutory provision to work or maintain a canal or other inland navigation, including a navigation in tidal water.

has the same meaning as in the Waste Framework Directive.

has the same meaning as in Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora;

has the meaning given by section 147(1) of the Act;

means wetlands designated as internationally important under the Convention of Wetlands (Ramsar 1971);

means any operation the principal result of which is the waste serving a useful purpose by replacing other materials which would otherwise have been used to fulfil a particular function, or waste being prepared for that function, in the plant or in the wider economy.

includes crustaceans and molluscs of any kind and any part of a shellfish;

means the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009;

means Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste, as last amended by Directive (EU) 2018/851.

means a vessel which—

means anything that— (a) is waste within the meaning of Article 3(1) of the Waste Framework Directive, as read with Article 5(1) of that Directive;