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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forth-ports-authority-dissolution-order-1993/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2916",
  "legislation_title": "The Forth Ports Authority (Dissolution) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forth-ports-authority-dissolution-order-1993",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HARBOURS, DOCKS, PIERS AND FERRIES\nMade 29th November 1993\nWhereas the Secretary of State for Transport is for the purposes of Part I of the Ports Act 1991 the appropriate Minister in relation to the Forth Ports Authority;\nAnd whereas the Secretary of State is satisfied as to the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (1) of section 7 of that Act:\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, after consulting the Authority in pursuance of the said subsection (1), in exercise of the powers conferred on him by that subsection and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1991 c. 52; for the definition of “the appropriate Minister”, see section 20(1) and (2)."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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