{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/title-conditions-scotland-act-2003/section-44",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/title-conditions-scotland-act-2003/section-44.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2003/9",
  "legislation_title": "Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/title-conditions-scotland-act-2003",
  "path": "section/44",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Maritime burdens",
  "text": "(1) On and after the day on which this section comes into force, it shall be competent to create a real burden over the sea bed or foreshore in favour of the Crown for the benefit of the public; and any such burden shall be known as a “maritime burden”.\n(2) The right of the Crown to a maritime burden may not be assigned or otherwise transferred.\n(3) For the purposes of this section—\n(a) “sea bed” means the bed of the territorial sea adjacent to Scotland; and\n(b) “territorial sea” includes any tidal waters.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/9/section/44",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:49.876430+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."
}