{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weymouth-harbour-revision-order-2021/article-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weymouth-harbour-revision-order-2021/article-25.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2021/43",
  "legislation_title": "The Weymouth Harbour Revision Order 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weymouth-harbour-revision-order-2021",
  "path": "article/25",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Failure to comply with directions",
  "text": "(1) A person who fails to comply with a general direction or a special direction shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.\n(2) In any proceedings for an offence under paragraph (1) above, it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that they took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 25 in force at 17.2.2021, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/43/article/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:18:23.777997+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."
}