{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/schedule-3A/paragraph-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/schedule-3A/paragraph-24.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/21",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995",
  "path": "schedule/3A/paragraph/24",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where action is taken—\n(a) in respect of a ship which is under arrest or in respect of anything in a ship which is under arrest, and\n(b) in accordance with a direction under this Schedule or by virtue of paragraph 4.\n(2) The action shall not—\n(a) be treated as a contempt of court, or\n(b) give rise to civil liability on the part of the Admiralty Marshal (including the Admiralty Marshal of the Court of Judicature in Northern Ireland).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3A inserted (10.9.2003) by Marine Safety Act 2003 (c. 16), s. 4, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 6; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/21/schedule/3A/paragraph/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:07.847944+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."
}