{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deep-sea-mining-act-1981/section-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deep-sea-mining-act-1981/section-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/53",
  "legislation_title": "Deep Sea Mining Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deep-sea-mining-act-1981",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Short title, etc.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Deep Sea Mining ... Act 1981.\n(2) This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint; and different days may be appointed under this subsection for different purposes.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that any of the provisions of this Act shall extend, with such modifications (if any) as may be specified in the Order, to the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or any colony.\n(7) It is hereby declared that this Act extends to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 18(1) omitted (14.7.2014) by virtue of Deep Sea Mining Act 2014 (c. 15), s. 2(3), Sch. para. 16(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 18(3)-(5) omitted (14.7.2014) by virtue of Deep Sea Mining Act 2014 (c. 15), s. 2(3), Sch. para. 16(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 18(1) extended (with modifications)(Guernsey)(19.1.1998) by S.I. 1997/2978, art. 4, Sch.S. 18(1) extended (with modifications) (Isle of Man) (1.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1112, art. 3, Sch.S. 18(1) extended (with modifications)(Jersey)(19.1.1998) by S.I. 1997/2979, art. 4, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Power of appointment conferred by s. 18(2) fully exercised: 25.1.1982 appointed by S.I. 1982/52, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 18(6) applied (14.7.2014) by Deep Sea Mining Act 2014 (c. 15), s. 2(2)(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/53/section/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:49.232596+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}