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  "title": "The Cod and Sole (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1991",
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  "long_title": "This Order prohibits, subject to an exception, fishing for cod (Gadus morhua) or sole (Solea vulgaris) in specified sea areas during the period beginning with the date of coming into force of the Order and ending immediately before 1st January 1992.",
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