{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-boats-european-economic-community-designation-order-1983/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-boats-european-economic-community-designation-order-1983/note.json",
  "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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis order designates for the purposes of section 2(1) of the Fishery Limits Act 1976:—\n(a) member States of the European Communities and\n(b) the areas within British fishery limits within which, and the descriptions fish for which, fishing boats registered in each member State may fish.\nThe order implements article 6 and Annex I of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 170/83 establishing a Community system for the conservation and management of fishery resources (OJ No. L24, 27.1.83, p.1). The order revokes the Fishing Boats (European Economic Community) Designation Order 1972 and the Fishing Boats (European Economic Community) Designation Order 1976.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/253/note",
    "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."
}