{"id":1079,"date":"2025-08-19T09:43:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T08:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maritimeregulator.ie\/?p=1079"},"modified":"2025-11-26T10:08:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T10:08:11","slug":"review-of-the-maritime-area-consent-mac-levy-framework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maritimeregulator.ie\/ga\/review-of-the-maritime-area-consent-mac-levy-framework\/","title":{"rendered":"Review of the Maritime Area Consent (MAC) Levy Framework"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Review of the Maritime Area Consent (MAC) Levy Framework<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maritimeregulator.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/News-Announcements-1-1024x1024.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maritimeregulator.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/News-Announcements-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.maritimeregulator.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/News-Announcements-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.maritimeregulator.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/News-Announcements-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.maritimeregulator.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/News-Announcements-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.maritimeregulator.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/News-Announcements-1.png 1200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The Maritime Area Regulatory Authority has on the 18th August 2025, on the eTenders platform, published a Request for Tender for services relating to a review of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maritimeregulator.ie\/our-work\/maritime-area-consents\/levy-framework-2\/\">Levy Framework<\/a>\u00a0used by MARA when calculating the levies to be paid by the holder of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maritimeregulator.ie\/our-work\/maritime-area-consents\/\">Marine Area Consent (MAC)<\/a>\u00a0for the occupation of the part of the maritime area.<\/p>\n<p>The framework will be in line with the provisions of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstatutebook.ie\/eli\/2021\/act\/50\/enacted\/en\/print.html\">Maritime Area Planning Act 2021<\/a>\u00a0(MAPA 2021).<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for submissions is 12pm on Monday 15th September 2025. 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