{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-wales-order-2011/article-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-wales-order-2011/article-48.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/48",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Pontoons",
  "text": "(1) Article 4 applies to a—\n(a) deposit or works activity carried on by, or with the consent of, a harbour authority for the purpose of providing a pontoon within harbour or port limits;\n(b) removal activity carried on by, or with the consent of a harbour authority for the purpose of removing a pontoon.\n(2) Paragraph (1)(a) is subject to conditions 1 and 2.\n(3) Condition 1 is that no more than 10 pontoons have been constructed or deposited at the same site in the previous 6 months.\n(4) Condition 2 is that the pontoon must be free from invasive non-native species before the deposit or during the works activity.\n(5) But article 4 does not apply—\n(a) to the deposit, construction or removal of a pontoon which has a deck with an area exceeding 30 square metres,\n(b) to any dwelling, permanent structure or infrastructure placed or fixed on top of a pontoon, or\n(c) to any piling works.",
  "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/48",
    "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."
}