Maritime Area Planning Act 2021

122

Notification of grant or refusal of licence, etc.

122. (1) The MARA shall, as soon as is practicable after it grants a licence, publish a notice on its website stating, at a minimum—

(a) the name of the holder of the licence,

(b) the address (which may be an electronic address) of the holder,

(c) if applicable, the period for which the licence will continue before it expires,

(d) if applicable, the occurrence of the event upon which the licence will expire,

(e) the nature of the maritime usage the subject of the licence,

(f) a spatial representation of the specified part of the maritime area the subject of the licence,

(g) the date that the MARA granted the licence, and

(h) the conditions (if any) attached to the licence by virtue of section 120(1).

(2) Where section 119(3) applies, the MARA shall, at the same time as it gives the notice referred to in that section to the applicant concerned or as soon as is practicable thereafter, publish the notice on its website.

(3) Where—

(a) the MARA’s decision referred to in section 117(4)(a) was that an appropriate assessment was, or was not, required, or

(b) the MARA’s decision referred to in section 117(5)(a) was that an environmental impact assessment was not required,

the MARA shall, as soon as is practicable after the determination of the licence application concerned under section 119, publish that decision on its website together with its reasons for such decision.

(4) Where the MARA has, pursuant to section 117(7)(a), carried out an appropriate assessment, it shall, as soon as is practicable after the determination of the licence application concerned under section 119, publish a notice of the carrying out of the assessment, together with the appropriate assessment determination, on its website.

(5) The MARA shall, whenever it publishes a notice on its website under this section, also publish a notice on its website stating—

(a) that a person may question the validity of a decision of the MARA to which the first-mentioned notice relates by way of an application for judicial review under Order 84 in accordance with Chapter 8, and

(b) where practical information on the review mechanism can be found.

(6) The MARA shall, as soon as is practicable after it refuses to grant a licence, publish on its website a copy of the notice concerned referred to in section 119(3).