{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/section-200",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/section-200.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/21",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995",
  "path": "section/200",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "200",
  "heading": "Powers of inspection by Secretary of State.",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may, on complaint that any lighthouse, buoy or beacon under the management of a general lighthouse authority, or any work connected with it, is—\n(a) inefficient,\n(b) improperly managed, or\n(c) unnecessary,\nauthorise any persons appointed by him to inspect the lighthouse, buoy or beacon or any connected work.\n(2) A person so authorised may—\n(a) inspect the lighthouse, buoy or beacon; and\n(b) make any inquiries which he thinks fit as to the lighthouse, buoy or beacon and its management.\n(3) All officers and others having the care, or concerned in the management, of any lighthouse, buoy or beacon in relation to which powers under this section are being exercised shall furnish any information and explanations in relation to it and its management which the person inspecting it requires.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/21/section/200",
    "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."
}