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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/continental-shelf-designation-of-areas-order-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/268",
  "legislation_title": "The Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/continental-shelf-designation-of-areas-order-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CONTINENTAL SHELF\nMade 12th February 1997\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 12th day of February 1997\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas by the Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Orders 1964 to 1993 certain 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 a further such area 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 1964 and 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, 1993/599, 1993/1782."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1964 c. 29."
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/268/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."
}