{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-amendment-order-2019/article-12",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2019/893",
  "legislation_title": "The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Amendment) Order 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-amendment-order-2019",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Insertion of article 27A",
  "text": "After article 27 insert—\n“Deposit of a substance arising from the cleaning of vessels\n27A. (1) Article 4 applies to the deposit of a substance removed from that part of the hull of a vessel which is normally submerged.\n(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to the condition that the removal of the substance is undertaken by hand, using only—\n(a) a soft cloth;\n(b) a sponge;\n(c) the bristles of a soft brush;\n(d) sandpaper, the grit size of which is at least P2000.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See ISO 6344-3:2013 which sets standards for the determination of grain size distribution in relation to coated abrasives. This is accessible at https://www.iso.org/standard/56010.html and is available for inspection at the offices of the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF, United Kingdom."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/893/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:41:02.000267+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."
}