{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deep-sea-mining-reciprocating-countries-order-1985/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deep-sea-mining-reciprocating-countries-order-1985/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1985/2000",
  "legislation_title": "The Deep Sea Mining (Reciprocating Countries) Order 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deep-sea-mining-reciprocating-countries-order-1985",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DEEP SEA MINING\nMade 18th December 1985\nComing into Operation 19th December 1985\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 18th day of December 1985\nPresent,\nThe Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas by section 3(1) of the Deep Sea Mining (Temporary Provisions) Act 1981 it is enacted that Her Majesty may, if in Her opinion the law of any country contains provisions similar in their aims and effects to the provisions of that Act, by Order in Council designate that country as a reciprocating country for the purposes of that Act:\nAnd whereas Her Majesty is of the opinion that the laws of the countries specified in Schedule 1 to this Order contain provisions similar in their aims and effects to the provisions of that Act:\nNow, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of the power conferred upon Her by the said section 3(1), 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",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/2000/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."
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