{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-scotland-act-2010/section-143",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-scotland-act-2010/section-143.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2010/5",
  "legislation_title": "Marine (Scotland) Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-scotland-act-2010",
  "path": "section/143",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "143",
  "heading": "Power to record evidence of offences",
  "text": "(1) A marine enforcement officer may use any device for the purpose of taking visual images of anything which the officer believes is evidence of the commission of a relevant offence.\n(2) The power conferred by this section is exercisable in relation to anything that—\n(a) is in or on,\n(b) is attached to or otherwise forms part of,\n(c) is controlled from,\nany vessel, marine installation, premises or vehicle.\n(3) The officer may require any person in or on the vessel, marine installation, premises or vehicle to afford such facilities and assistance with respect to matters under the person's control as the officer considers would facilitate the exercise of the power conferred by this section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 143 in force at 1.7.2010 by S.S.I. 2010/230, art. 2(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/5/section/143",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:33:12.256178+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."
}