{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/belfast-harbour-order-northern-ireland-2002/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2002/40",
  "legislation_title": "The Belfast Harbour Order (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/belfast-harbour-order-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Act of 1847” means the Belfast Harbour Act 1847;\n“the Acts and Orders” means the Belfast Harbour Acts and Orders 1847 to 2002;\n“the Commissioners” means the Belfast Harbour Commissioners incorporated under the Act of 1847;\n“the Department” means the Department for Regional Development;\n“the harbour undertaking” means the business of the Commissioners and includes all activities which the Commissioners are by the Acts and Orders authorised to carry on;\n“the port” means the port of Belfast;",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "10 & 11 Vict. c. lii"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/40/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:09:00.763238+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."
}