{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forth-ports-authority-scheme-1992-confirmation-order-1992/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/546",
  "legislation_title": "The Forth Ports Authority Scheme 1992 Confirmation Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forth-ports-authority-scheme-1992-confirmation-order-1992",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HARBOURS, DOCKS, PIERS AND FERRIES\nMade 5th March 1992\nComing into force 6th March 1992\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 has in pursuance of subsection (6) of section 9 of that Act considered the representations duly made to him before the end of the period allowed pursuant to subsection (4)(c) of that section and not withdrawn:\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, after consulting the said Authority in pursuance of paragraph (a) of the said subsection (6), in exercise of the powers conferred on him by subsections (6) and (7) of the said section 9 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "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",
  "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."
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