{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-scotland-act-2010/section-118",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-scotland-act-2010/section-118.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2010/5",
  "legislation_title": "Marine (Scotland) Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-scotland-act-2010",
  "path": "section/118",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "118",
  "heading": "Seal conservation areas",
  "text": "(1) The Scottish Ministers may designate an area as a “seal conservation area” where they consider it necessary to do so in order to ensure the proper conservation of seals.\n(2) The Scottish Ministers must consult United Kingdom Research and Innovation before designating a seal conservation area.\n(3) The Scottish Ministers must—\n(a) publish a designation in a manner which they consider most likely to bring the proposal to the attention of persons likely to be affected by it,\n(b) make a copy of a designation available for inspection at one of their offices at all reasonable hours, and\n(c) provide a copy of a designation to any person who requests one.\n(4) The Scottish Ministers may charge a fee, not exceeding their expenses, for providing a copy under subsection (3)(c).",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 118(2) substituted (1.4.2018) by Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), s. 124(5), Sch. 12 para. 25; S.I. 2018/241, reg. 2(t) (with transitional and savings provisions in S.I. 2018/245, regs. 2, 3, 26)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 118 in force at 31.1.2011 by S.S.I. 2010/230, art. 4(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/5/section/118",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:30.418460+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."
}