{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medway-ports-authority-act-1973/section-72",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medway-ports-authority-act-1973/section-72.json",
  "legislation": "ukla/1973/21",
  "legislation_title": "Medway Ports Authority Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medway-ports-authority-act-1973",
  "path": "section/72",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "72",
  "heading": "Power to survey goods",
  "text": "(1) The Authority may survey and examine—\n(a) goods at the docks; and\n(b) goods on board a vessel at the docks when those goods are to be or have been handled by the Authority or when the master of the vessel asks for a survey or examination to be made by the Authority.\n(2) The Authority may make a reasonable charge for a survey or examination carried out under this section.\n(3) Where a written report is made on a survey or examination under this section, the Authority shall on request supply a copy of the report at a reasonable price to the owner or consignee of the goods and, if the survey was requested by the master of a vessel, to that master.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/1973/21/section/72",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:53:55.848099+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."
}