{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-wales-order-2011/article-50",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-wales-order-2011/article-50.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/50",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "50",
  "heading": "Boreholes",
  "text": "(1) Article 4 applies to a deposit or removal activity carried on for the purpose of removing, from the seabed, objects or materials in connection with drilling of boreholes.\n(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to the condition that the materials removed from the seabed, as part of any plan or project, do not exceed 5 cubic metres.\n(3) But article 4 does not apply to a such deposit or removal activity that—\n(a) causes or is likely to cause obstruction or danger to navigation,\n(b) is likely to have a significant effect on a marine protected area, or\n(c) is likely to cause damage to features of archaeological or historical interest.",
  "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/50",
    "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."
}