{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/western-isles-islands-council-leverburgh-harbour-revision-order-1995/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/western-isles-islands-council-leverburgh-harbour-revision-order-1995/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2971",
  "legislation_title": "The Western Isles Islands Council (Leverburgh) Harbour Revision Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/western-isles-islands-council-leverburgh-harbour-revision-order-1995",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Moorings",
  "text": "(1) The Council may provide, place, lay down, maintain, renew, use or remove such moorings, buoys and similar apparatus within the harbour as they consider necessary or desirable for the convenience of vessels.\n(2) The Council may from time to time grant a licence to any person to place, lay down, maintain, renew and use moorings, buoys and similar apparatus for vessels in the harbour.\n(3) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, shall place, lay down, maintain, renew, or use a mooring, buoy or similar apparatus for vessels within the harbour except under and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a licence granted under this article shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(4) Any licence granted under paragraph (2) above shall be valid only for a period of three years commencing with the date on which it takes effect.\n(5) The Council may charge a reasonable fee for the grant of a licence under this article.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2971/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:58:03.619422+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."
}