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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-decommissioning-scheme-1993/section-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1345",
  "legislation_title": "The Fishing Vessels (Decommissioning) Scheme 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-decommissioning-scheme-1993",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Approval of applications",
  "text": "(1) The Ministers shall notify each applicant in writing of the result of his application.\n(2) Applicants whose bids have been approved shall be eligible for payment of grant.\n(3) For the purpose of enabling the United Kingdom to apply for reimbursement from the Commission of the European Communities in respect of the grants paid under this Scheme, applicants who are eligible for payment of grant under this Scheme may be required to provide the Ministers with evidence of the length between perpendiculars of the vessels concerned measured in accordance with Article 2(2) of the Council Regulation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1345/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:56:14.651906+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."
}