# Marine (Scotland) Act 2010, Section 151: Duty to provide evidence of authority where a person is present

Extent: S

(1) Where one or more persons are present at the time a marine enforcement officer intends to exercise a power conferred by this Part, the officer may exercise the power only after complying with subsection (2) or, as the case may be, (3).
(2) Where one person is present at that time, the officer must produce to the person evidence that the officer is authorised to exercise the power.
(3) Where more than one person is present at that time, the officer must produce such evidence to the person who appears to the officer to have the greatest interest of those present in the exercise of the power, and is not required to produce it to any other person present.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/5/section/151 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/marine-scotland-act-2010/section-151
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.