{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-and-maritime-security-act-1997/schedule-4/paragraph-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-and-maritime-security-act-1997/schedule-4/paragraph-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/28",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-and-maritime-security-act-1997",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 39 (unauthorised presence in restricted zone) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1)(a) and (b) for “the harbour authority or a person acting on behalf of the harbour authority” there is substituted “ the competent authority, or a person acting on behalf of that authority ”.\n(3) After subsection (2) there is inserted—\n“(2A) A constable or any person acting on behalf of the competent authority may use such force as is reasonable in the circumstances to remove from a restricted zone a person remaining in it in contravention of subsection (1)(b) above.\n(2B) For the purposes of this section the competent authority in relation to a restricted zone is—\n(a) if the zone was designated on the application of a harbour authority, that authority; and\n(b) if the zone was designated on the application of a harbour operator, that operator.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/28/schedule/4/paragraph/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:26:10.253008+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."
}