{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-and-coastal-access-act-2009/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-and-coastal-access-act-2009/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/23",
  "legislation_title": "Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-and-coastal-access-act-2009",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Licensing of fishing boats",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) The grant, variation, revocation or suspension of a licence under section 4 of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (licensing of fishing boats) by or on behalf of the Secretary of State before the coming into force of this section has effect as from the coming into force of this section as the grant, variation, revocation or suspension of the licence by the MMO.\n(8) Where a decision to grant, vary, revoke or suspend a licence under that section—\n(a) has been taken by or on behalf of the Secretary of State before the coming into force of this section, but\n(b) has not been notified in accordance with regulations under section 4B of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 (c. 84),\nthe decision has effect as from the coming into force of this section as a decision taken by the MMO.\n(9) Where, before the coming into force of this section, an application for a licence under section 4 of that Act, or for the variation of such a licence,—\n(a) has been made to the Secretary of State or a person acting on behalf of the Secretary of State, but\n(b) has not been determined or withdrawn,\nthe application is to be treated as from the coming into force of this section as an application made to the MMO.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 4(1)-(6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 11(2)(a) (with Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 4(7) substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 11(2)(b) (with Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 4 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/907, art. 2(2)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/23/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:47.916077+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."
}