# Merchant Shipping (Registration, etc.) Act 1993 (repealed 1.1.1996), Paragraph 50

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For section 666(1) of the 1894 Act (offence of damaging, etc. lighthouses, etc.) substitute—
“(1) A person who, without lawful authority—
(a) intentionally or recklessly damages—
(i) any lighthouse or the lights exhibited in it, or
(ii) any lightship, buoy or beacon;
(b) removes, casts adrift or sinks any lightship, buoy or beacon; or
(c) conceals or obscures any lighthouse, buoy or beacon;
commits an offence.
(1A) A person who, without reasonable excuse,—
(a) rides by,
(b) makes fast to, or
(c) runs foul of,
any lightship, buoy or beacon commits an offence.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/22/schedule/4/paragraph/50 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-etc-act-1993-repealed-111996/schedule-4/paragraph-50
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