{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forth-ports-authority-scheme-1992-confirmation-order-1992/schedule/paragraph-1",
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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": "schedule/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Scheme may be cited as the Forth Ports Authority Scheme 1992.\n(2) In this Scheme, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the 1991 Act” means the Ports Act 1991;\n“the Authority” means the Forth Ports Authority;\n“the dissolution date” means the date on which the Authority are dissolved by an order made under section 7 of the 1991 Act;\n“local statutory provision” means—\n(a) a provision contained in, or in a document made or issued under, any local Act (including an Act confirming a provisional order); or\n(b) a provision of any other instrument which is in the nature of a local enactment;\n“the Successor Company” means the company specified in paragraph 3 below;\n“the transfer date” means the date upon which this Scheme takes effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/546/schedule/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:27:01.802145+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."
}