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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-northern-ireland-1966/section-1",
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  "legislation": "apni/1966/17",
  "legislation_title": "Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-northern-ireland-1966",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Responsibility of the Ministry for fisheries in Northern Ireland.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Ministry of Agriculture (in this Act referred to as “the Ministry” ) shall be responsible in Northern Ireland for the supervision and protection of fisheries and for fostering the establishment and development of fisheries, and for those purposes shall exercise the functions conferred on the Ministry by this Act.\n(2) Subsection (1) shall have effect without prejudice to any provision of the Foyle Fisheries Acts.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1966/17/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:32:15.701581+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."
}