{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-scotland-act-2010/section-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-scotland-act-2010/section-20.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2010/5",
  "legislation_title": "Marine (Scotland) Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-scotland-act-2010",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Requirement for licence",
  "text": "(1) No person may—\n(a) carry on a licensable marine activity, or\n(b) cause or permit any other person to carry on such an activity,\nexcept in accordance with a marine licence granted by the Scottish Ministers.\n(2) Subsection (1) is subject to any exemptions and special cases provided for by virtue of sections 32 to 37.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 20 excluded (6.4.2011) by The Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/202), art. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 20 in force at 6.4.2011 by S.S.I. 2011/58, art. 3(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/5/section/20",
    "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."
}