241 Marine licensing: Northern Ireland

241  Marine licensing: Northern Ireland

(1)     The Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland may appoint persons for the purposes of enforcing Part 4 of this Act.

(2)     For the purposes of enforcing Part 4 of this Act, a person appointed under this section has—

(a)     the common enforcement powers conferred by this Act;

(b)     the power conferred by section 263.

This is subject to subsection (3).

(3)     A person appointed under this section does not have the powers referred to in subsection (2) for the purposes of enforcing Part 4 of this Act so far as relating to—

(a)     any activity in Wales[, the Welsh inshore region or the Welsh offshore region] concerning or arising from the exploration for, or production of, petroleum;

[(aa)     any activity in the Welsh offshore region falling within the subject-matter of Part 6 of the Merchant Shipping Act

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