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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/territorial-waters-jurisdiction-act-1878/section-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/41-42/73",
  "legislation_title": "Territorial Waters Jurisdiction Act 1878",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/territorial-waters-jurisdiction-act-1878",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Restriction on institution of proceedings for punishment of offence.",
  "text": "Proceedings for the trial and punishment of a person who is not a subject of Her Majesty, and who is charged with any such offence as is declared by this Act to be within the jurisdiction of the Admiral, shall not be instituted in any court of the United Kingdom, except with the consent of one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, and on his certificate that the institution of such proceedings is in his opinion expedient, and shall not be instituted in any of the dominions of Her Majesty out of the United Kingdom, except with the leave of the Governor of the part of the dominions in which such proceedings are proposed to be instituted, and on his certificate that it is expedient that such proceedings should be instituted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Power to exclude s. 3 conferred by Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37), s. 84(4)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Power to exclude s. 3 conferred by Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c. 4), s. 137(3)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 3 excluded by Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (c. 23, SIF 86), s. 27(5), and by Petroleum Act 1987 (c. 12, SIF 86), ss. 13(6), 16(2), and by S.I. 1989/840, art. 8(2)S. 3 excluded (15.3.1995) by S.I. 1995/263, art. 9(2)S. 3 excluded (30.4.1998) by S.I. 1998/968, reg. 16(10)S. 3 excluded (15.2.1999) by 1998 c. 17, s. 12(4) (with Sch. 3 para. 5(1)); S.I. 1999/161, art. 2.S. 3 excluded (15.2.1999) by 1998 c. 17, s. 22(9) (with Sch. 3 para. 5(1)); S.I. 1999/161, art. 2.S. 3 excluded (15.2.1999) by 1998 c. 17, s. 41(6) (with Sch. 3 para. 5(1)); S.I. 1999/161, art. 2.S. 3 excluded (14.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/360, reg. 18(10)."
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    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Power to exclude s. 3 conferred (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 287(3)(e), 302.S. 3: power to exclude (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 201(3)(e), 243 (with s. 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 202)S. 3: power to exclude (prosp.) by 1998 c. 39, ss. 42(3)(d), 56(2) (with s 36)S. 3 excluded (19.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1091, reg. 18(8)S. 3 excluded (31.5.2001) by S.I. 2001/1754, reg. 19(8)S. 3 excluded (11.7.2001) by S.I. 2001/2127, arts. 9(2)S. 3 excluded (15.5.2002) by S.I. 2002/1355, reg. 18(8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 3 excluded (5.10.2004) by Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), ss. 86(6), 198(2); S.I. 2004/2575, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "S. 3 excluded (20.8.2005) by Offshore Petroleum Activities (Oil Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2055), regs. 1, 16(10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "S. 3 excluded (1.10.2005) by Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), ss. 113(6), 198(2); S.I. 2005/877, art. 2(2), Sch. 2"
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "S. 3 excluded (1.10.2005) by Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), ss. 98(5), 198(2); S.I. 2005/877, art. 2(2), Sch. 2"
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    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "S. 3 excluded (1.5.2007) by Environmental Impact Assessment and Natural Habitats (Extraction of Minerals by Marine Dredging) (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1067), regs. 1(1), 28 (with reg. 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C10",
      "text": "S. 3 excluded (21.8.2007) by Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1842), regs. 1, 66 (with reg. 3)"
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C11",
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C12",
      "text": "S. 3: power to exclude conferred (26.11.2008) by Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30), ss. 96(5)(b), 149(1)"
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    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C13",
      "text": "S. 3: power to exclude conferred (26.11.2008) by Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30), ss. 97(5)(d), 149(1)"
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    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C14",
      "text": "S. 3 excluded (6.4.2009) by Energy Act 2008 (c. 32), ss. 28(2), 110(2); S.I. 2009/45, art. 4(a)(ii)"
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    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C15",
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      "type": "C",
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      "text": "S. 3 excluded (13.11.2009 for specified purposes) by Energy Act 2008 (c. 32), ss. 14(2), 110(2); S.I. 2009/2809, art. 2 (with art. 4)"
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      "type": "C",
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C18",
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C19",
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C20",
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      "type": "C",
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      "label": "C22",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/41-42/73/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:45:00.449114+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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