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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coast-protection-variation-of-excluded-waters-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2675",
  "legislation_title": "The Coast Protection (Variation of Excluded Waters) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coast-protection-variation-of-excluded-waters-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "COAST PROTECTION\nMade 7th November 1997\nLaid before Parliament 10th November 1997\nComing into force 12th December 1997\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 113 of Schedule 4 to the Coast Protection Act 1949, and now vested in him, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1949 c. 74: the definition of “minister” is in section 49(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The powers originally vested in the Minister of Health are now vested in the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by virtue of S.I. 1951/142, 1951/1900, 1970/1681 and 1985/442."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2675/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."
}