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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-south-downs-designation-amendment-order-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1297",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmentally Sensitive Areas (South Downs) Designation (Amendment) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmentally-sensitive-areas-south-downs-designation-amendment-order-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "AGRICULTURE\nMade 19th May 1998\nLaid before Parliament 27th May 1998\nComing into force 22nd June 1998\nWhereas, pursuant to section 18(1) of the Agriculture Act 1986, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (“the Minister”) has by order designated an area in the South Downs as an environmentally sensitive area;\nNow, therefore, the Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 18(1) and (4) of the said Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 49. The expression “the Minister” is defined in section 18(11)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 18(4) was amended by S.I. 1994/249; subsection 18(4A) was inserted by S.I. 1997/1457."
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1297/introduction",
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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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