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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/continental-shelf-designation-of-areas-order-1993/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/continental-shelf-designation-of-areas-order-1993/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/599",
  "legislation_title": "The Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/continental-shelf-designation-of-areas-order-1993",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CONTINENTAL SHELF\nMade 10th March 1993\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of March 1993\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas by the Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Orders 1964 to 1989certain areas are designated as areas within which the rights of the United Kingdom with respect to the sea bed and subsoil and their natural resources may be exercised:\nAnd whereas it is expedient that further such areas should be so designated:\nNow therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered as follows:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1964/697, 1965/1531, 1968/891, 1971/594, 1974/1489, 1976/1153, 1977/1871, 1978/178, 1029, 1979/1447, 1982/1072, 1987/1265, 1989/2398."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1964 c. 29."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/599/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."
}