{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-wales-order-2011/article-44",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-wales-order-2011/article-44.json",
  "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/44",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Upgrades to coastal, drainage and flood defence structures",
  "text": "(1) Article 4 applies to a deposit or removal activity carried on by or on behalf of a Welsh risk management authority, or coast protection authority where a local planning permission is required to upgrade any—\n(a) coast protection works;\n(b) drainage works;\n(c) flood defence works.\n(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to conditions 1 and 2.\n(3) Condition 1 is that the deposit or removal activity is carried out within the existing boundaries of the works being maintained.\n(4) Condition 2 is that the UK Hydrographic office is notified of any such deposit or removal activities at least 5 days prior to the activity beginning.\n(5) But article 4 does not apply to any construction, deposit or removal activity that extends below the mean low water spring tide mark.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 35-52 inserted (1.4.2026) by The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/21), arts. 1(2), 21"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2011/559/article/44",
    "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."
}