{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/devon-sea-fisheries-district-variation-order-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1211",
  "legislation_title": "The Devon Sea Fisheries District (Variation) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/devon-sea-fisheries-district-variation-order-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SEA FISHERIES\nMade 6th May 1998\nComing into force in accordance with article 1(1)\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, on the application of the local fisheries committee for the Devon Sea Fisheries District and after consultation with every council concerned, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1 and 18(1) of the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order, a draft of which has lain before Parliament for forty days prior to its being made:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1966 c. 38, amended by the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) section 16 and Schedule 8, paragraph 19; see section 20(1) for the definition of “the Minister”. References in the 1966 Act to county councils and metropolitan district councils should be read with regulation 5, paragraphs (6) and (7) of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/867) to which the only relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1996/611; for the structural changes made in the area covered by the Devon Sea Fisheries District, see S.I. 1996/1865. References in the same Act to a river authority should be read with the Water Act 1973 (c. 37) section 33, the Water Act 1989 (c. 15) section 141 and Schedule 7, paragraph 1, and the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25) section 105 and Schedule 15, paragraph 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."
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