{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-scotland-act-2010/section-41",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-scotland-act-2010/section-41.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2010/5",
  "legislation_title": "Marine (Scotland) Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-scotland-act-2010",
  "path": "section/41",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "41",
  "heading": "Defences: electronic communications: emergency works",
  "text": "(1) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under section 39(1) in relation to any activity to prove that—\n(a) for the purposes of Part 10 of Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 (the electronic communications code) (undertaker's works), the person is the operator or a relevant undertaker, and\n(b) the activity was carried out for the purpose of executing emergency works, within the meaning of that code.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 41(1) substituted (28.12.2017) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(6), Sch. 3 para. 57(2); S.I. 2017/1286, reg. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 41(2) omitted (28.12.2017) by virtue of Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(6), Sch. 3 para. 57(3); S.I. 2017/1286, reg. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 39-42 applied (9.11.2020) by The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Scottish Inshore Region) Amendment Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/316), arts. 1, 12"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 41 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/41",
    "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."
}