{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-1981/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-1981/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/29",
  "legislation_title": "Fisheries Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-1981",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Government loans.",
  "text": "(1) The Ministers may lend to the Authority, on such terms as the Treasury may approve, any sums required to be borrowed by the Authority for a purpose approved by the Ministers and the Treasury.\n(2) Subject to subsection (3) below, the amount outstanding at any time of the sums lent under this section shall not exceed £30 million.\n(3) The Ministers may by an order made with the approval of the Treasury increase or further increase the maximum amount specified in subsection (2) above but not by more than £10 million at a time.\n(4) An order under subsection (3) above shall not have effect unless approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.\n(5) This section shall not be construed as authorising borrowing by the Authority in excess of the limit imposed by section 6 above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/29/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:08.758735+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."
}