{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/encouragement-of-trade-act-1663/section-VIII",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/encouragement-of-trade-act-1663/section-VIII.json",
  "legislation": "aep/Cha2/15/7",
  "legislation_title": "Encouragement of Trade Act 1663",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/encouragement-of-trade-act-1663",
  "path": "section/VIII",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "VIII",
  "heading": "Proviso for lading Sea-coals on Payment of Duty, and being navigated according to Act, and giving Security for landing.",
  "text": "And for the better encouragement of the said Plantations and the increase of the Shipping and Navigation of this Kingdome Be it enacted and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid That from and after the Five and twentyeth day of March One thousand six hundred sixtie and fower it shall and may be lawfull out of any Port of England or Wales or out of the Towne of Berwicke to shipp and lade Sea coales for any part of them paying for the Chalder Newcastle measure one shilling eight pence, and for the Chalder London measure one shilling and noe more in full of all Custome and Poundage for the same, Any Law Statute or Prohibition to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. Provided that such Sea-coales be shipped in such Shipping and soe navigated as abovesaid, And that good security be given to the Officers of the Customes in such Port in which they are shipped for the landing them in the said Plantations and not elsewhere.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha2/15/7/section/VIII",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:31:38.956431+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."
}