{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-order-2011/article-27A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-order-2011/article-27A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/409",
  "legislation_title": "The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-order-2011",
  "path": "article/27A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "27A",
  "heading": "Deposit of a substance arising from the cleaning of vessels",
  "text": "(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": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 27A inserted (31.5.2019) by The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Amendment) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/893), arts. 1(1), 12 (with art. 1(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/409/article/27A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:16:32.716751+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."
}