{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cod-specified-sea-areas-prohibition-of-fishing-order-1998/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1195",
  "legislation_title": "The Cod (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cod-specified-sea-areas-prohibition-of-fishing-order-1998",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Title, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Cod (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 12th May 1998.\n(2) In this Order—\n“British fishing boat” means a fishing boat which is registered in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands or which, not being so registered, is British-owned;\n“length”, in relation to a boat, means the length calculated in accordance with the rules specified in Article 2(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2930/86 defining characteristics for fishing vessels as amended; “sea area” means a statistical division or sub-area of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea specified in the Schedule hereto.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L274, 25.9.86, p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "There are no amendments relevant to this definition."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Cmnd. 2586."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1195/article/1",
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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."
}