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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-order-northern-ireland-2011/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-order-northern-ireland-2011/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2011/78",
  "legislation_title": "The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-order-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Safety directions under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995",
  "text": "Article 4 applies to an activity carried on—\n(a) by or on behalf of the Secretary of State in exercise of a power under Schedule 3A to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (safety directions);\n(b) by any person for the purpose of complying with a direction under that Schedule; or\n(c) by any person for the purpose of avoiding interference with action taken by virtue of that Schedule.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 8 in operation at 6.4.2011, see art. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995. c 21. Section 108A of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, which gives effect to Schedule 3A, was inserted by section 1(1) of the Marine Safety Act 2003, c. 16"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/78/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:22:51.932407+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."
}