{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-act-northern-ireland-2013/section-35",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-act-northern-ireland-2013/section-35.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2013/10",
  "legislation_title": "Marine Act (Northern Ireland) 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-act-northern-ireland-2013",
  "path": "section/35",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": "Fixed monetary penalties",
  "text": "(1) The Department may by order make provision to confer on the Department the power by notice to impose a fixed monetary penalty on a person in relation to an offence under section 32.\n(2) Provision under this section may only confer such a power in relation to a case where the Department is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the person has committed the offence.\n(3) For the purposes of this Part a “fixed monetary penalty” is a requirement to pay to the Department a penalty of a prescribed amount.\n(4) The amount of the fixed monetary penalty that may be imposed in relation to an offence may not exceed level 1 on the standard scale.\n(5) In this section “prescribed” means prescribed in an order made under this section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2013/10/section/35",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:27.238196+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."
}