Draft Marine Bill

Author : Bernan,Great Britain. Parliament. Joint Committee on the Draft Marine Bill
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0104013532

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Draft Marine Bill by Bernan,Great Britain. Parliament. Joint Committee on the Draft Marine Bill Pdf

The Marine Bill was designed to establish a new UK-wide strategic system of marine planning to balance conservation, energy and resource needs, based on the principle of sustainable development and working with the devolved administrations. The Committee reports here reservations about the framework nature of the draft Bill. It was felt that too much of its policy is contained in secondary legislation or guidance. That there are significant areas of confusion of responsibility - between UK and international, especially EU, obligations; between devolved administrations; the many agencies and other bodies who will be involved in delivering the proposals in the Bill.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. Joint Committee on the Draft Marine Bill
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Coastal zone management
ISBN : 0104013427

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Draft Marine Bill: Report and formal minutes by Great Britain. Parliament. Joint Committee on the Draft Marine Bill Pdf

The Marine Bill was designed to establish a new UK-wide strategic system of marine planning to balance conservation, energy and resource needs, based on the principle of sustainable development and working with the devolved administrations. The Committee reports here reservations about the framework nature of the draft Bill. It was felt that too much of its policy is contained in secondary legislation or guidance. That there are significant areas of confusion of responsibility - between UK and international, especially EU, obligations; between devolved adminstrations; the many agencies and other bodies who will be involved in delivering the proposals in the Bill.

Author : Great Britain: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Law
ISBN : 010173512X

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Draft Marine Bill by Great Britain: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Pdf

This Draft Marine Bill (Cm. 7351, ISBN 9780101735124) contains the following: a policy paper; the draft Marine Bill and explanatory notes; an impact assessment. The Bill sets out the Government's approach to a number of marine related issues, including environmental protection of the coastal marine environment and the seas surrounding the coast as well as access to the coastal environment for recreation. The legislation set out in this Bill was originally proposed in "Sea Change", a Marine White Paper, published in March 2007 (Cm. 7047, ISBN 9780101704724). The White Paper itself had proposed a strategic system of marine planning to balance conservation, energy and resource needs, using the principle of sustainable development. The Draft proposals in this Bill puts the earlier proposals of the White Paper into a legislative framework, which includes: the creation of the Marine Management Organisation; deliverance of new marine planning systems, including establishing new powers to enable the Government to put in place a network of marine conservation zones to protect marine life; better licensing decisions for licensing activities in the seas; reforms to a range of marine, migratory and freshwater fisheries management arrangements; allow greater access to the English coast. Comments on the Draft Bill should be submitted in writing by 26 June 2008.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Science
ISBN : 0215522036

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Draft Marine Bill by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Pdf

The Government published its Draft Marine Bill on 3 April 2008 as Cm 7351 (ISBN 9780101735124). The Government proposes to legislate to give people right of access on foot all around the English coast. The Committee remains dissatisfied about the uncertainty that surrounds the process of pre-legislative scrutiny as exemplified by this case. The Committee was surprised at the vague and uncommunicative way that the Government deals with the House in preparing for such scrutiny. When the Government is preparing draft bills in the future, it should inform the Liaison Committee which should recommend, in consultation with the relevant departmental select committee, how pre-legislative scrutiny should be conducted. The Bill places too much emphasis on trusting Natural England to "get it right" in terms of determining the alignment of the route and extent of spreading room; landowners and occupiers, in particular, are entitled to more concrete safeguards especially as the Government intends to strike a "fair balance" between public and private interests. The lack of a formal appeal process is a fundamental weakness of the Bill. The Committee is still to be convinced that £5 million a year for 10 years is enough to create access land all around England. The Government should also clarify responsibility for long-term maintenance before the Bill is introduced. The more detail Natural England can provide early on about how it intends to implement the policy in common coastal scenarios will reduce concerns. Natural England should produce a detailed draft of its Scheme before Parliament starts to consider the Bill. Natural England should have a statutory duty written into the Bill to conduct a review of the lessons it has learned from early implementation of the proposals.

Author : Great Britain. Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-25
Category : Maritime law
ISBN : 0101742223

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Taking Forward the Marine Bill by Great Britain. Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Pdf

This document sets out the Government response to the public consultation on the draft Marine Bill (Cm. 7351, ISBN 9780101735124) and to the reports of the following Parliamentary Committees: Joint Committee on the Marine Bill (HL 159-I/HC 552-I, session 2007-08, ISBN 9780104013427) and the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee report on the coastal access provisions of the bill (9th report, session 2007-08, HC 656-I, ISBN 9780215522030). In all some 459 organisations and individuals offered their views on the proposals in the draft Bill, and there was broad support for its main proposals. This response gives a detailed response to the recommendations from the committee reports, summarises key issues that emerged in the consultation process, and sets out the main changes the Government intends to make to the draft Billl before its introduction.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Harbors
ISBN : 0215522230

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The Draft Marine Navigation Bill by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee Pdf

The Draft Marine Navigation Bill was published on 6 May 2008. (Cm. 7370, ISBN 9780101737029 ). A supplementary consultation on the ratification of the Nairobi Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, for which the draft Bill includes the necessary statutory provisions, was published at the same time by the Department for Transport. The Bill covers four main areas: (a) port safety, including measures relating to pilotage, National Occupational Standards for Harbour Masters and pilots, and extending powers of general direction to more harbour authorities; (b) the closure of harbours, and the subsequent relinquishing of the legal rights and duties of the harbour authority; (c) the role of the General Lighthouse Authorities, including their powers of enforcement, the territorial extent of their operations, their commercial work and their pension schemes; and (d) the ratification and implementation of the Nairobi Convention. The introduction of new powers to issue directions to port and harbour authorities and to specify minimum standards of competence for harbour masters and pilots is supported. The provisions relating to General Lighthouse Authorities are a sensible package intended to clarify their powers and put beyond doubt the legal validity of much of the essential work which they have been carrying out for centuries. The provision in the draft Bill to give statutory effect Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks will remove from the UK taxpayer a significant potential liability in respect of wrecks in UK waters.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0215522052

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Draft Marine Bill by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Pdf

Draft Marine Bill : Coastal access provisions, 9th report of session 2007-08, Vol. 2: Oral and written Evidence

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environmental Audit Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Marine resources development
ISBN : 0215030206

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Proposals for a Draft Marine Bill by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environmental Audit Committee Pdf

The Committee's report examines the Government's proposals for a new Marine Bill, as set out in its consultation paper (details are available at http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/latest/2006/water-0329.htm) published in March 2006, which proposes an integrated framework for the management of the marine environment, designed to deliver clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse oceans and seas. The report considers a range of issues under the following headings: the legislative background to the Bill and its planned timetable; the scope of the Bill and its five key themes; the consultation process, the work of Defra and liaison with other departments; devolution issues; marine spatial planning and a new marine management organisation; marine protected areas; and data issues.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-07-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0215522230

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Draft Marine Navigation Bill by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee Pdf

The Draft Marine Navigation Bill was published on 6 May 2008. (Cm. 7370, ISBN 9780101737029 ). A supplementary consultation on the ratification of the Nairobi Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, for which the draft Bill includes the necessary statutory provisions, was published at the same time by the Department for Transport. The Bill covers four main areas: (a) port safety, including measures relating to pilotage, National Occupational Standards for Harbour Masters and pilots, and extending powers of general direction to more harbour authorities; (b) the closure of harbours, and the subsequent relinquishing of the legal rights and duties of the harbour authority; (c) the role of the General Lighthouse Authorities, including their powers of enforcement, the territorial extent of their operations, their commercial work and their pension schemes; and (d) the ratification and implementation of the Nairobi Convention. The introduction of new powers to issue directions to port and harbour authorities and to specify minimum standards of competence for harbour masters and pilots is supported. The provisions relating to General Lighthouse Authorities are a sensible package intended to clarify their powers and put beyond doubt the legal validity of much of the essential work which they have been carrying out for centuries. The provision in the draft Bill to give statutory effect Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks will remove from the UK taxpayer a significant potential liability in respect of wrecks in UK waters.

Author : Great Britain. Department for Transport,Great Britain: Department for Transport Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008-05-06
Category : Harbors
ISBN : 0101737025

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Draft Marine Navigation Bill by Great Britain. Department for Transport,Great Britain: Department for Transport Staff Pdf

This "Draft Marine Navigation Bill: consultation document" (Cm. 7370, ISBN 9780101737029) contains the following: proposals in detail; the draft Marine Navigation Bill; explanatory notes and an impact assessment. The Government proposes to legislate to reinforce the Port Marine Safety Code, to improve the management of the General Lighthouse Fund and the powers of the General Lighthouse Authorities and to enable the ratification of the International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0215523407

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Draft Heritage Protection Bill by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Culture, Media and Sport Committee Pdf

In April 2008, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) published a Draft Heritage Bill and the Government has indicated that the Bill will be in next year's legislative programme. The Bill is designed to unify heritage protection regimes, allow greater public involvement in decisions, and place heritage at the heart of the planning system. The Committee has undertaken pre-legislative scrutiny of the bill but this was undermined by the incomplete nature of the legislation. The Committee also felt that the Government must prioritise the revision of Planning policy guidelines (PPGs) 15 & 16 to ensure that the new guidance on planning policy can be implemented at the same time as the Bill. Further serious issues of concern included the accuracy of current cost estimates & impact assessment and sufficient staffing with the necessary skills, in particular conservation officers. The Committee was also not convinced that Heritage Partnership Agreements (HPAs), a new system of management agreements for owners of large estates, were a robust business option. Nor could any evidence be found that either DCMS or English Heritage had considered any amendments to the legislation which would improve the operation or effectiveness of the enforcement powers for local authorities.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : Collisions at sea
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110720922

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Motorboat Bills by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries Pdf

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 11 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006-11-02
Category : Marine resources development
ISBN : 0215031024

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Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2005-06 on Proposals for a Draft Marine Bill by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee Pdf

Response to HCP 1323, session 2005-06 (ISBN 0215030206)

Author : Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons. Transport Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0215523954

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The Draft Marine Navigation Bill by Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons. Transport Committee Pdf

Government response to HC 709, session 2007-08 (ISBN 9780215522238)

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0215038231

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Scrutiny of the draft legislative programme by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons Pdf

This report, from the Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons, presents the first inquiry into the Governance of Britain, all issued as Command Papers and published in 2007: (Cm. 7170, ISBN 9780101717021; Cm. 7175, ISBN 9780101717526; Cm. 7192, ISBN 9780101719223; Cm. 7210, ISBN 9780101721028; Cm. 7231, ISBN 9780101723121; Cm. 7235, ISBN 9780101723527; Cm. 7239, ISBN 9780101723923). It considers Parliament's role in scrutinising the proposed legislative programme, including arrangements for publication and debate as well as wider consultative strategies. The Committee has set out a number of conclusions and recommendations, including: the Committee believes that the use of plain English in the Draft Legislative Programme is to be commended, and the Government should consider extending the approach to programmed Bills on a trial basis; that the Government's main non-legislative plans should be included in the Draft Legislative Programme, alongside the list of proposed bills, in order that a full programme of government is available for scrutiny; that there is a benefit to be derived from the presentation of the Government's legislative programme as a whole and that the Draft Legislative Programme should be published earlier in the year, preferably before Easter, so that select committee scrutiny and public consultation can be carried out more effectively; that the Draft Legislative Programme should be the subject of a separate debate in Parliament.