{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-fish-act-1983-commencement-order-1984/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1984/302",
  "legislation_title": "The Diseases of Fish Act 1983 (Commencement) Order 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-fish-act-1983-commencement-order-1984",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order brings into force the provisions of the Diseases of Fish Act 1983 on 1st April 1984.\nIn its application to Scotland, it preserves the effect of existing orders and other things done under section 2 of the Diseases of Fish Act 1937, which contains provisions in relation to areas declared to be infected in terms of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1984/302/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:49:07.614212+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."
}