Changes to marine and wildlife licensing in the Welsh offshore region
The Marine Licensing regime and how it works. The Marine Licensing (Delegation of Functions) (Wales) Order 2013 introduced the marine licensing system which brought together and updated previous consenting regimes. The Welsh Ministers are the licensing authority for Welsh waters (out to 12 nautical miles). This system was introduced in April 2011. The operation of inshore marine licensing was delegated to Natural Resources Wales (NRW) (external link) in April 2013. The relevant legislation is the...