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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coast-protection-variation-of-excluded-waters-england-regulations-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/523",
  "legislation_title": "The Coast Protection (Variation of Excluded Waters) (England) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coast-protection-variation-of-excluded-waters-england-regulations-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Coast Protection, England\nMade 3rd March 2015\nLaid before Parliament 6th March 2015\nComing into force 6th April 2015\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 113 of the Fourth Schedule to the Coast Protection Act 1949 and now vested in her.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1949 c. 74. See section 49(1) for the definition of “Minister”. See section 49(1) and (2) for the meaning of “sea” and “seashore”. The definitions of “sea” and “seashore” in section 49(1) were amended by the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c.12), section 36(1) and (7)(a) and the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), section 112(1) and Schedule 8, Part 1, paragraph 1(1) and (3)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The powers originally vested in the Minister of Health are now vested in the Secretary of State by virtue of S.I. 1951/142, 1951/1900, 1970/1681, 1985/442 and 2002/794."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/523/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
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