Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/934/body
Timestamp: 2018-02-23 18:09:56
Document Index: 75558036

Matched Legal Cases: ['ART 1', 'ART 2', 'ART 3', 'ART 4', 'ART 5', 'ART 6']

PART 1E+W+S+NIIntroduction
(a)may be cited as the Marine Licensing (Licence Application Appeals) Regulations 2011, and
(b)come into force on 6th April 2011.
2. These Regulations apply in relation to any area, and any licensable marine activity carried on in that area, for which the Secretary of State is the appropriate licensing authority under section 113 of the Act(1).
“the appointed person” means the person appointed under regulation 5;
“the Authority” means the person who took the decision under section 71 of the Act that is the subject of the appeal under these Regulations(2);
“document” includes a map, photograph or report;
“the relevant time limits” means the time limits specified in these Regulations or in any direction given or requirement made by the appointed person by virtue of these Regulations, or such later time as is specified by virtue of regulation 25(1);
“start date” has the meaning given by regulation 8(3);
“valid notice of appeal” means a notice of appeal that—
complies with regulation 7(1);
was accompanied by the documents required by regulation 7(2); and
was received by the Secretary of State within the relevant time limits.
PART 2E+W+S+NIAppeals – general
Determination of appeal by appointed personE+W+S+NI
5.—(1) Any appeal under these Regulations must be determined by a person appointed for that purpose by the Secretary of State.
(2) An appointment under paragraph (1)—
(b)may relate to any particular appeal specified in the appointment or to appeals of a class or description so specified;
(c)may provide for any function to which it relates to be exercisable subject to such conditions as may be specified in the appointment;
(d)may provide for payment to be made to the appointed person.
(3) The Secretary of State may at any time, by notice given to the appointed person, revoke the appointment in respect of any appeal which has not been determined before that time.
(4) Where an appointment is so revoked in respect of any appeal, the Secretary of State must appoint another person under paragraph (1) to determine the appeal instead.
(5) Where a new appointment is made, the consideration of the appeal, or any hearing or inquiry in connection with it, must be begun afresh.
(6) But nothing in paragraph (5) requires any person to be given an opportunity of making new representations or comments or modifying or withdrawing any representations or comments already made.
PART 3E+W+S+NIStarting the appeal
Contents of the notice of appealE+W+S+NI
7.—(1) A notice of appeal must include—
(a)the name, address (including any e-mail address) and telephone number of the appellant and any agent acting for the appellant;
(b)a statement of the grounds of appeal;
(c)a statement as to whether the appellant wishes to have the appeal dealt with by way of written representations, a hearing or an inquiry;
(d)a list of all the documents, including dates (where any document is dated), specified in paragraph (2).
(2) A notice of appeal must be accompanied by—
(a)a copy of the decision to which the appeal relates; and
(b)a copy of all documents upon which the appellant wishes to rely.
Decision as to appeal procedure and start dateE+W+S+NI
8.—(1) The Secretary of State must, as soon as practicable after receipt of a valid notice of appeal, decide whether the appeal is to be determined by means of written representations, a hearing or an inquiry.
(2) The Secretary of State must notify the appellant and the Authority of that decision.
(3) The date on which that notification is sent is the start date for the appeal.
(4) A decision under paragraph (1) may be varied by a subsequent decision under that paragraph at any time before the proceedings are determined.
(5) But before making such a variation the Secretary of State must consult—
(a)the appellant, and
(b)where the Authority is not the Secretary of State, the Authority.
(6) Where the decision is varied—
(a)the Secretary of State must notify the appellant, the Authority and any other person who has made written representations in respect of the appeal of such change;
(b)anything done in relation to the former appeal procedure which could have been done under any corresponding provision of these Regulations relating to the new appeal procedure has effect as if done under that corresponding provision; and
(c)the Secretary of State may give consequential directions as to the procedure.
(7) Nothing in paragraphs (4) to (6) affects the start date under paragraph (3).
(8) The Secretary of State must publish the criteria that are to be applied in making a decision under paragraph (1).
PART 4E+W+S+NIAction following the start date
Notice to interested personsE+W+S+NI
9.—(1) The Authority must, within the period of 2 weeks beginning with the start date, give notice that an appeal has been lodged—
(a)to any person (other than the appellant) who has made representations to the Authority in respect of the subject matter of the appeal, and
(b)to any other person it considers likely to have an interest.
(a)the start date;
(b)the name and location of the site to which the appeal relates;
(c)the name of the appellant;
(d)that the appeal will be determined by way of written representations, a hearing or an inquiry (as the case may be);
(e)that, within the period of 4 weeks beginning with the date of the notice, the recipient may send to the Secretary of State any written representations the recipient wishes to make;
(f)the address to which such representations must be sent;
(g)that any representations received will be sent to the appellant and the Authority;
(h)that if the recipient makes representations, the recipient will be notified by the Secretary of State of the date of any hearing or inquiry that may be held.
(3) The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the decision to which the appeal relates.
(4) The Authority must, within the period of 2 weeks beginning with the start date, send to the Secretary of State and the appellant—
(a)a list of the persons to whom, and the dates on which, notice under paragraph (1) was given; and
(b)copies of all representations referred to in paragraph (1)(a).
Representations and further commentsE+W+S+NI
10.—(1) Where an appeal is to be determined by way of written representations—
(a)the Authority must, within the period of 6 weeks beginning with the start date, send to the Secretary of State any representations it wishes to make on the appeal together with any documents it wishes to rely on;
(b)if the appellant wishes to make any further representations to those referred to in the notice of appeal or the documents accompanying it referred to in regulation 7(2), the appellant must send 2 copies of those further representations to the Secretary of State within the period of 6 weeks beginning with the start date.
(2) Where an appeal is to be determined by way of hearing or inquiry, the appellant and the Authority must each, within the period of 6 weeks beginning with the start date, send to the Secretary of State a statement containing full particulars of the case they propose to put forward at the hearing or inquiry and a list of any documents they propose to refer to or put in evidence.
(3) At the end of the period of 6 weeks beginning with the start date, the Secretary of State must—
(a)where the appeal is to be determined by way of written representations—
(i)send a copy of the Authority’s representations to the appellant, and
(ii)send a copy of any further representations received under paragraph (1)(b) to the Authority;
(b)where the appeal is to be determined by way of hearing or inquiry, send, at the same time, a copy of the Authority’s statement and list of documents to the appellant and a copy of the appellant’s statement and list of documents to the Authority;
(c)in all cases, send, at the same time, copies of any other representations received by the Secretary of State to the appellant and the Authority.
(4) The appellant and the Authority may, within the period of 9 weeks beginning with the start date, send comments on those representations or statements to the Secretary of State.
(5) The Secretary of State must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after that 9-week period, send, at the same time, a copy of the Authority’s comments to the appellant and a copy of the appellant’s comments to the Authority.
PART 5E+W+S+NIHearings and inquiries
ScopeE+W+S+NI
11. This Part applies if an appeal is to be determined by way of hearing or inquiry (but certain provisions apply only to hearings or only to inquiries).
Establishing the hearing or inquiryE+W+S+NI
12.—(1) The Secretary of State must set a date for the hearing or inquiry (“the relevant date”).
(2) The Secretary of State must, at least 6 weeks before the relevant date, give notice of the relevant date to the appellant, the Authority and any person who has made representations concerning the appeal.
(3) The Authority must, at least 3 weeks before the relevant date, publish notice of the appeal in such manner as the Authority thinks is best calculated to bring it to the attention of any persons likely to be interested in it.
(4) If the relevant date is changed the procedure in paragraphs (2) and (3) must be repeated.
Statement of agreed facts – inquiriesE+W+S+NI
14.—(1) The appellant and the Authority must together prepare a statement containing agreed factual information about the subject matter of the appeal.
(2) The Authority must ensure that the appointed person receives that statement at least 4 weeks before the inquiry date.
Proofs of evidence – inquiriesE+W+S+NI
15.—(1) This regulation applies where a person entitled to appear at an inquiry intends to give, or to call a witness to give, evidence at the inquiry.
(2) The person must, at least 4 weeks before the inquiry date or such other time as the appointed person directs, send a proof of the evidence intended to be given together with any written summary required to the Secretary of State.
(3) The Secretary of State must, as soon as practicable after receiving a proof of evidence, send a copy of it to the appellant, the Authority and any other person who has sent a proof.
(4) A written summary is required if the proof of evidence in question exceeds 1500 words.
(5) Where a written summary is provided, only that summary may be read at the inquiry, unless the appointed person directs otherwise.
(6) Where a person gives evidence at an inquiry by reading a summary of a proof of evidence—
(a)the proof of evidence is treated as tendered in evidence, unless the person required to provide the summary notifies the appointed person that the person now wishes to rely on the contents of that summary alone; and
(b)the person whose evidence the proof of evidence contains may then be subject to cross-examination on it to the same extent as if it were evidence given orally.
(7) The appointed person may allow any person to alter or add to a proof of evidence or summary so far as may be necessary for the purposes of the inquiry.
(8) But if this is done, the appointed person must (if necessary by adjourning the inquiry) give every other person appearing at the inquiry an adequate opportunity of considering any fresh matter or document.
(9) This regulation is subject to regulation 17.
Powers to exclude persons, evidence etcE+W+S+NI
17.—(1) If, at any stage of a hearing or inquiry, the appointed person considers that any of the reasons referred to in paragraph (2) apply, the appointed person may prevent any person from—
(a)giving evidence,
(b)cross-examining a person giving evidence, or
(c)presenting any matter.
(a)that the evidence or matter was not provided within the relevant time limits;
(b)that the evidence or matter was otherwise not provided in accordance with any provision of these Regulations or with any direction given or requirement made by the appointed person under these Regulations;
(c)that the evidence or matter is irrelevant or repetitious; or
(d)that the person is behaving or has behaved in a disruptive manner at the hearing or inquiry.
(3) Without prejudice to the powers in paragraph (1), if any person at the hearing or inquiry behaves in a disruptive manner the appointed person may—
(a)require that person to leave;
(b)prevent that person from participating in the hearing or inquiry; or
(c)permit that person to remain at, or participate in, the hearing or inquiry only on specified conditions.
(4) Where the appointed person refuses to permit a person to give oral evidence under paragraph (3), the person may submit to the appointed person any evidence or other matter in writing before the close of the hearing or inquiry (but this is subject to paragraph (1)).
Additional provisions as to evidence and costsE+W+S+NI
18.—(1) Subsections (2) to (5) of section 250 of the Local Government Act 1972(3) (local inquiries: evidence and costs) apply, with the modifications described in paragraph (2), to any hearing or inquiry under these Regulations as they apply to inquiries under that section.
(a)the reference to the person appointed to hold the inquiry is to be read as a reference to the appointed person;
(b)the reference to a local authority in proviso (b) to subsection (2) is to be read as a reference to the Authority;
(c)the reference to “such local authority” in subsection (4) is to be read as a reference to the Authority;
(d)references to the Minister causing an inquiry to be held are to be read as references to the appointed person.
(3) Section 322A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(4) (orders as to costs where no hearing or inquiry takes place) applies in relation to a hearing or an inquiry under these Regulations as it applies in relation to a hearing or local inquiry referred to in that section.
(4) Subject to paragraphs (1) and (3), the costs of a hearing or an inquiry held under these Regulations must be defrayed by the Secretary of State.
Concurrent or combined inquiriesE+W+S+NI
19.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where—
(a)the appeal is to be determined by an inquiry, and
(b)in the case of some other matter required or authorised to be the subject of an inquiry (“the other inquiry”), it appears to the relevant authority or authorities that the matters are so far cognate that they should be considered together.
(2) The relevant authority or authorities may direct that the two inquiries be held concurrently or combined as one inquiry.
(3) In this regulation “the relevant authority or authorities” means the Secretary of State or, where causing the other inquiry to be held is the function of some other person, the Secretary of State and that other person acting jointly.
National security – inquiriesE+W+S+NI
20.—(1) If, in the case of any particular appeal, the Secretary of State certifies that it would in the opinion of the Secretary of State be contrary to the interests of national security—
(a)if an inquiry under these Regulations were to be held, or
(2) In paragraph (1) “specified persons” means—
(a)persons specified in the certificate, or
(b)persons of a description specified in the certificate.
PART 6E+W+S+NIFinal determination of the appeal
Determination of appeals determined by way of written representationsE+W+S+NI
21.—(1) This regulation applies if an appeal is to be determined by way of written representations.
(2) A valid notice of appeal and the documents accompanying it, together with any representations or comments made by the appellant under regulation 10(1)(b) or (4), comprise the appellant’s representations in relation to the appeal.
(3) The representations received under regulation 10(1)(a), together with any comments made by the Authority under regulation 10(4), comprise the Authority’s representations in relation to the appeal.
(4) The appointed person may determine an appeal taking into account only such representations as have been sent within the relevant time limits.
Determining the appeal – generalE+W+S+NI
22.—(1) On determining an appeal against a decision, the appointed person may—
(b)allow the appeal and quash the decision in whole or in part;
(c)where the appointed person quashes a decision under sub-paragraph (b), direct the Authority—
(i)to grant a marine licence, or
(ii)to grant a marine licence on such terms or subject to such conditions as the appointed person may direct.
(2) The appointed person must notify the appellant and the Authority in writing of the determination.