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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-wales-order-2011/article-23",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2011/559",
  "legislation_title": "The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Wales) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-wales-order-2011",
  "path": "article/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Removal of obstruction or danger to navigation",
  "text": "(1) Article 4 applies to a removal activity carried on by a person referred to in paragraph (2) for the purpose of removing anything causing or likely to cause obstruction or danger to navigation.\n(2) The persons are—\n(a) a conservancy authority (within the meaning given by section 313(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;\n(b) a harbour authority;\n(c) a lighthouse authority;\n(d) a person having powers under any enactment or statutory order to work or maintain a canal or other inland navigation, including a navigation in tidal water.\n(3) Paragraph (1) is subject to the condition that the UK Hydrographic Office is given notification of the removal activity within 5 days of the removal.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 23(3) inserted (1.4.2026) by The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/21), arts. 1(2), 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 23 in force at 6.4.2011, see art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 21"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2011/559/article/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:51:34.219313+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."
}