{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-wales-order-2011/article-51",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-licensing-exempted-activities-wales-order-2011/article-51.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/51",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Vibrocore sampling",
  "text": "(1) Article 4 applies to a deposit or removal activity carried on for the purpose of taking a sample of material for testing or analysis during vibrocore sampling.\n(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to the condition that the removal of material does not exceed more than 5 cubic meters in any plan or project.\n(3) But article 4 does not apply to any such deposit or removal activity that—\n(a) causes or is likely to cause an 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.\n(4) In this article, “vibrocore sampling” means the technique in which a vibrating core tube is driven into underwater sediments such as sand, silt, clay or soft soils using an electronically or hydraulically powered vibration head which recovers a continuous core sample.",
  "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/51",
    "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."
}