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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dumfries-and-galloway-council-stranraer-harbour-revision-order-2024/article-6",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2024/325",
  "legislation_title": "The Dumfries and Galloway Council (Stranraer) Harbour Revision Order 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dumfries-and-galloway-council-stranraer-harbour-revision-order-2024",
  "path": "article/6",
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  "number": "6",
  "heading": "General powers of Council",
  "text": "(1) The Council may take such steps from time to time as they consider necessary or expedient for the improvement, maintenance, regulation, management of the harbour and the accommodation and facilities afforded in or connected with the harbour and provide harbour facilities therein.\n(2) For these purposes and without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1) the Council may—\n(a) improve, maintain, regulate, manage, mark and light the harbour and provide harbour facilities in the harbour (including facilities for the supply by the Council of fuel for vessels);\n(b) construct, reconstruct, extend, enlarge, alter, replace, relay or demolish and reconstruct structures and works in the harbour;\n(c) subscribe for or acquire shares or securities of any body corporate;\n(d) maintain such reserve funds as they think fit;\n(e) invest any sums not immediately required for the purposes of the harbour;\n(f) turn their resources to account so far as not required for those purposes; and\n(g) do all other things which in their opinion are necessary or expedient to facilitate the proper carrying on or development of the harbour.\n(3) This article is without prejudice to any powers of the Council under or by virtue of any other enactment (including any other provisions within this Order).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2024/325/article/6",
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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."
}