Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
The Deep Sea Mining (Temporary Provisions) Act 1981 has effect subject to the amendments in the Schedule (which include amendments giving effect to obligations of the United Kingdom under Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea).
The Deep Sea Mining (Temporary Provisions) Act 1981 may be cited as the Deep Sea Mining Act 1981.
This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Section 18(6) of the Deep Sea Mining (Temporary Provisions) Act 1981 (power to extend provisions of that Act to the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or any British overseas territory) applies to the provisions of this Act amending that Act.
This Act comes into force at the end of the period of 2 months beginning with the day on which it is passed.
This Act may be cited as the Deep Sea Mining Act 2014.
Amendments of Deep Sea Mining (Temporary Provisions) Act 1981
The Deep Sea Mining (Temporary Provisions) Act 1981 is amended as follows.
Section 1 (prohibition of unlicensed deep sea mining) is amended as follows.
For subsections (1) and (2) substitute—
In subsection (6) for the definitions of “deep sea bed” and “hard mineral resources” substitute—.
In subsection (7) for the words from “certifying” to “Power” substitute “ or the Scottish Ministers certifying that an area of the sea bed is beyond the limits of national jurisdiction of the United Kingdom or any other State ”.
Section 2 (exploration and exploitation licences) is amended as follows.
For subsection (1) substitute—
In subsection (2)—
omit “subsection (4) and”, and
for the words from “the Secretary of State” to the end substitute.
For subsection (3) substitute—
Omit subsection (4).
For subsection (5) substitute—
For section 3 substitute—
In section 4 (prevention of interference with licensed operations), in subsection (1), for the words from “pursuance” onwards substitute
In section 5 (protection of the marine environment)—
in subsection (1)—
after “State”, in the first place, insert “ or, as the case may be, the Scottish Ministers ”,
after “State”, in the second place, insert “ or the Scottish Ministers ”, and
after “him” insert “ (or them) ”, and
in subsection (2)—
for “section 2(3)” substitute “ section 2(3A) ”,
after “State” insert “ or the Scottish Ministers ”, and
after “considers” insert “ (or they consider) ”.
In section 6 (variation or revocation of licences), after subsection (2) insert—
In section 8 (foreign discriminatory action)—
in subsection (1), after “State” insert “ or, as the case may be, the Scottish Ministers ”,
in subsection (2)—
for “section 2(3) above, the Secretary of State” substitute “ section 2(3A) above, the Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers ”, and
after “considers” insert “ (or they consider) ”, and
in subsection (4), after “State” insert “ or, as the case may be, the Scottish Ministers ”.
After section 8 insert—
Omit section 9 (the deep sea mining levy) and section 10 (the Deep Sea Mining Fund).
In section 11 (inspectors)—
in subsection (1)—
after “State” insert “ or the Scottish Ministers ”,
after “him”, in both places, insert “ (or them) ”, and
after “considers” insert “ (or they consider) ”, and
in subsection (2)—
after “State”, in the first place, insert “ or the Scottish Ministers ”, and
for “may determine with the approval” substitute “ or, as the case may be, the Scottish Ministers, may determine with the approval (in the case of an appointment by the Secretary of State) ”.
For section 12 substitute—
In section 13(1) (disclosure of information)—
in paragraph (b), for “or the Secretary of State” substitute “ , the Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers ”; and
for paragraph (e) substitute—
For sections 16 and 17 substitute—
After section 17 insert—
Section 18 (short title etc.) is amended as follows.
In subsection (1) omit “(Temporary Provisions)”.
Omit subsections (3) to (5).
In the Schedule, in paragraph 5, after “Secretary of State” insert “ (or, in the case of regulations made under section 12(2), the Scottish Ministers) ”.