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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dundee-port-authority-dissolution-order-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2539",
  "legislation_title": "The Dundee Port Authority (Dissolution) Order 1997",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HARBOURS, DOCKS, PIERS AND FERRIES\nMade 24th October 1997\nWhereas the Secretary of State is for the purposes of Part I of the Ports Act 1991 the appropriate Minister in relation to Dundee Port Authority;\nAnd whereas the Secretary of State is satisfied as to the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (1) of section 7 of the said Act:\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, after consulting the said authority in pursuance of the said subsection (1), in exercise of the powers conferred on him by that subsection, hereby makes the following Order:—",
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  "status": null,
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1991 c. 52; for the definition of “the appropriate Minister”, see section 20(1) and (2)."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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