{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/porthmadog-harbour-revision-order-1998/article-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/porthmadog-harbour-revision-order-1998/article-31.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/683",
  "legislation_title": "The Porthmadog Harbour Revision Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/porthmadog-harbour-revision-order-1998",
  "path": "article/31",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Confirmation of byelaws and fines thereunder",
  "text": "(1) (a) In relation to byelaws relating to the harbour made by the Council under this Order or any other enactment, section 236 of the Local Government Act 1972 shall have effect subject to the following modifications—\n(i) the Secretary of State shall be the confirming authority;\n(ii) in subsection (7), after the word “confirm” where it first occurs there shall be inserted the words “with or without modification”.\n(b) If the Secretary of State proposes to make a modification which appears to him to be substantial—\n(i) he shall inform the Council and require them to take any steps he considers necessary for informing persons likely to be concerned with the modification; and\n(ii) he shall not confirm the byelaws until such period has elapsed as he thinks reasonable for consideration of, and comment upon, the proposed modification by the Council and by other persons who have been informed of it.\n(2) Byelaws made by the Council to which the foregoing provisions of this article apply may contain provisions imposing upon a person offending against a byelaw a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 70."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/683/article/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:34:45.275036+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."
}