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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-wales-order-2011/article-47",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-wales-order-2011/article-47.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/47",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Removal of windblown sand and subsequent deposit",
  "text": "(1) Article 4 applies to a deposit or removal activity carried on by a local authority, a harbour authority, the Natural Resources Body for Wales or any person acting on their behalf for the purpose of clearing sand blown onto promenades, roads or slipways following a storm event.\n(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to conditions 1 and 2.\n(3) Condition 1 is that the sand is free from marine litter, debris and land-based contaminants before it is deposited back onto a beach.\n(4) Condition 2 is that the sand is deposited back onto a beach within 7 days after it was blown by the wind onto the promenade, road or slipway.",
  "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/47",
    "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."
}