Explanatory Notes

Marine (Scotland) Act 2010

2010 asp 5

10 March 2010

The Act

Part 4 – Marine Licensing

Stop notices and emergency safety notices

Section 58 - Further provision as to emergency safety notices

92.Section 58 indicates that an emergency safety notice must be served on the licensee. Where a stop notice relating to the works is in effect, the emergency notice must also be served on any person on whom the stop notice was served. Section 58(2) allows the Scottish Ministers to revoke or vary an emergency safety notice.

93.It is an offence to fail to comply with an emergency safety notice.