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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/felixstowe-dock-and-railway-harbour-revision-order-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2618",
  "legislation_title": "The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Harbour Revision Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/felixstowe-dock-and-railway-harbour-revision-order-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HARBOURS, DOCKS, PIERS AND FERRIES\nMade 10th October 2002\nComing into force 31st October 2002\nWhereas the Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company have applied for a harbour revision order under section 14 of the Harbours Act 1964;\nAnd whereas the Secretary of State having, in pursuance of paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the said Act, determined that the application is made in relation to a project which falls within Annex II to Council Directive 85/337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment and whose characteristics require that it should be made subject to an environmental assessment, has directed the applicant to supply him with the information referred to in Annex IV to the Directive;\nAnd whereas the Secretary of State has in accordance with paragraph 15 of the said Schedule, furnished bodies appearing to him to have environmental responsibilities with the information supplied to him under paragraph 8 of that Schedule and has consulted such bodies;\nAnd whereas there was an objection made to the application which was not withdrawn, and an inquiry was held in accordance with paragraph 18 of Schedule 3 to the Harbours Act 1964;\nAnd whereas the Secretary of State has considered the information supplied under paragraph 4 of Schedule 3, the objections made and not withdrawn and the report of the person holding the inquiry, and is satisfied as mentioned in section 14(2)(b) of the said Act;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (being the appropriate Minister under subsection (1) of the said section 14) in exercise of the powers conferred by that section and now vested in him, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1964 c. 40; section 16 was amended by the Transport Act 1981 (c. 56), section 18 and Schedule 6, paragraphs 2, 3, 4(1) and 14, and by the Transport and Works Act 1992 (c. 42), Schedule 3, paragraph 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Schedule 3 was substituted by S.I. 1999/3445 as amended by S.I. 2000/2391."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No. L175, 5.7.85, p. 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "For the definition of “the Minister” (mentioned in section 14) see section 57(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/238, S.I. 1997/2971 and S.I. 2001/2568."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2618/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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