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Consequential amendment
20. The definition of dredging in regulation 2 of the MDRs currently exempts activities which are specifically authorised to be carried out by any enactment (including any enactment contained in a local Act or subordinate legislation). It is intended to amend this definition to make explicit that dredging authorised by Acts of the Scottish Parliament and subordinate legislation made under such Acts is also exempted from the definition of "dredging". This will ensure that, for example, where minerals extraction is authorised by an Order made under the Transport and Work (Scotland) Act 2007 then the MDRs will not apply.
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