{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-boats-european-economic-community-designation-order-1983/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1983/253",
  "legislation_title": "The Fishing Boats (European Economic Community) Designation Order 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-boats-european-economic-community-designation-order-1983",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SEA FISHERIES\nFISHERY LIMITS\nMade 25th February 1983\nLaid before Parliament 8th March 1983\nComing into Operation 9th March 1983\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with sea fishing in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(1) of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 and now vested in them and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf hereby make the following order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1976 c. 86."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "In the case of the Secretary of State for Wales, by virtue of S.I. 1978/272."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/253/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:05:53.713844+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."
}