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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/berwick-upon-tweed-harbour-revision-constitution-order-2009/article-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1231",
  "legislation_title": "The Berwick Upon Tweed Harbour Revision (Constitution) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/berwick-upon-tweed-harbour-revision-constitution-order-2009",
  "path": "article/17",
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  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Advisory bodies",
  "text": "(1) The Commissioners must consult an accredited advisory body or bodies on all matters substantially affecting the management, maintenance, improvement, conservation, protection or regulation of the harbour and its navigation.\n(2) The Commissioners must take into consideration any matter, recommendation or representation which may from time to time be referred or made to them by an accredited advisory body whether or not the accredited advisory body has been consulted by the Commissioners on the matter, recommendation or representation so referred or made.\n(3) In this paragraph “accredited advisory body” means any body which appears to the Commissioners—\n(a) to represent interests concerned with the harbour; and\n(b) to comply with such standards of openness and accountability as the Commissioners may from time to time prescribe.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1231/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:12:04.486607+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."
}