Part 12: Miscellaneous Section 232: Marine Licensing Effect
Section 232 amends sections 72A, 98, 107A, 107B, and 108 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 to give powers to the Secretary of State and the Scottish Ministers, where the Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers are the appropriate licensing authority, to make regulations to charge fees for the monitoring of a marine licence and the variation and transfer of a marine licence, and for certain connected expenses.
	Subsection (2) amends section 72A of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 to provide powers to the Secretary of State and the Scottish Ministers as appropriate licensing authority to make regulations to charge fees for monitoring of activities authorised under marine licences, and for variations and transfers of marine licences under section 72(3) or section 72(7) of that Act.
	Subsection (3) amends section 98 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (delegation of marine licensing functions) to make consequential amendments to the definition of "expected functions" in subsection (6).
	Subsection (4) amends section 107A of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (deposits on account of fees payable). The power to require a deposit to be paid on account of fees payable is extended to apply to the Secretary of State and the Scottish Ministers as appropriate licensing authority.
	Subsection (5) amends section 107B of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (supplementary provision about fees). Section 107B is extended to apply to the Secretary of State and the Scottish Ministers as appropriate licensing authority.
	Subsection (6) amends section 108 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (appeals against notices). Subsection (2A) is amended to require the Secretary of State and the Scottish Ministers to make regulations containing provision enabling applicants to appeal against notices for non-payment of monitoring fees or monitoring fee deposits under sections 72A(7) or 107A(4) of that Act.
	Subsection (7) amends section 110A of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (fees: oil and gas activities for which marine licence needed) to clarify the interaction between the different fee charging powers under Part 4 of that Act to provide that oil and gas fees will apply in the position where there is an overlap between general marine licensing fees and oil and gas fees for the same activity.
	Subsection (8) makes provision regarding the territorial extent of the amendments to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 made by the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 3).
	Under subsection (9) the Public Bodies (Marine Management Organisation) (Fees) (Order) 2014 (S.I. 2014/2555), is revoked.