{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-jurisdiction-offshore-activities-order-1987/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-jurisdiction-offshore-activities-order-1987/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2198",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Jurisdiction (Offshore Activities) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-jurisdiction-offshore-activities-order-1987",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application of criminal law",
  "text": "Any act or omission which —\n(a) takes place on, under or above an installation in waters to which this Order applies or any waters within five hundred metres of any such installation; and\n(b) would, if taking place in any part of the United Kingdom, constitute an offence under the law in force in that part,\nshall be treated for the purposes of that law as taking place in that part.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2198/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:14:32.514996+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}