{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colchester-borough-council-act-2001/section-2",
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  "legislation": "ukla/2001/2",
  "legislation_title": "Colchester Borough Council Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colchester-borough-council-act-2001",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the 1961 Act” means the Land Compensation Act 1961 (c. 33);\n“the 1972 Act” means the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70);\n“the appointed day” means the day appointed by the Council in accordance with section 4 (Appointed day) of this Act as the appointed day for the purposes of this Act;\n“the borough” means the borough of Colchester;\n“the Commissioners” means the Brightlingsea Harbour Commissioners, who are the statutory harbour authority for the harbour of Brightlingsea;\n“the Council” means the Colchester Borough Council;\n“the harbour of Colchester, the limits of which extend from the North Bridge, Colchester (51°53.6'N, 00°54.0'E) down the River (including its creeks and branches, other than Brightlingsea Creek) to an imaginary line drawn south-westward through two beacons at Colne Point (51°46.1'N, 01°02.7'E), thence to the Inner Bench Head Buoy (51°45.9'N, 01°01.9'E), thence to the Fishery Buoy (51°45.9'N, 01°01.6'E) and thence northward to Mersea Stone (51°48.0'N, 01°00.5'E)\">the harbour” means the harbour of Colchester, the limits of which extend from the North Bridge, Colchester (51°53.6'N, 00°54.0'E) down the River (including its creeks and branches, other than Brightlingsea Creek) to an imaginary line drawn south-westward through two beacons at Colne Point (51°46.1'N, 01°02.7'E), thence to the Inner Bench Head Buoy (51°45.9'N, 01°01.9'E), thence to the Fishery Buoy (51°45.9'N, 01°01.6'E) and thence northward to Mersea Stone (51°48.0'N, 01°00.5'E);\n“harbour authority” has the same meaning as in the Harbours Act 1964 (c. 40);\n“the River” means the River Colne;\n“statutory undertaker” means—\n(a) any person who is a statutory undertaker for any of the purposes of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8); and\n(b) any operator of a telecommunications code system.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2017/1285",
      "affecting_title": "The Communications Act 2003 and the Digital Economy Act 2017 (Consequential Amendments to Primary Legislation) Regulations 2017"
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2001/2/section/2",
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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."
}