{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-wales-amendment-order-2026/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-wales-amendment-order-2026/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2026/21",
  "legislation_title": "The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-wales-amendment-order-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "environmental protection, wales\nlicensing (marine), wales\nmarine pollution, wales\nMade 2 February 2026\nComing into force 1 April 2026\nThe Welsh Ministers, as the appropriate licensing authority under section 113(4)(b) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (“the 2009 Act”), make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 74(1), (2) and (3) and 316(1)(a) of the 2009 Act.\nIn deciding to make this Order, the Welsh Ministers have had regard to the matters mentioned in section 74(4) of the 2009 Act.\nThe Welsh Ministers have consulted such persons as they consider appropriate, in accordance with section 74(5) of the 2009 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2009 c. 23. Section 113 was amended by section 46(2) of the Wales Act 2017 (c. 4) and section 316 was amended by Schedule 10 to the Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22); there are other amending instruments but none is relevant to this Order."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/21/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:55:53.720844+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."
}