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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gloucester-harbour-revision-order-1994/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/3162",
  "legislation_title": "The Gloucester Harbour Revision Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gloucester-harbour-revision-order-1994",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“appointing authority” means the person or persons by whom one or more trustees may be appointed in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) of article 3 of this Order;\n“dredging licence” means a licence under article 20 of this Order;\n“general direction” means a direction given under article 10 of this Order;\n“the harbour” means the harbour of Gloucester within the limits prescribed by article 10 (Limits of harbour) of the Gloucester Harbour Revision Order 1988;\n“harbour master” means any person appointed as such by the Trustees and includes authorised deputies and assistants of a person so appointed;\n“master”, in relation to a vessel, means any person having or taking command, charge, management or conduct of the vessel for the time being;\n“the new constitution date” means 1st August 1996;\n“operator” and “telecommunications code system” have the meanings given by paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 4 to the Telecommunications Act 1984;\n“special direction” means a direction given under article 11 of this Order;\n“statutory undertaker” means—\n(a) any person who is a statutory undertaker for any of the purposes of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;\n(b) any other person who has a duty or power under the Land Drainage Act 1991;\n(c) a coast protection authority within the meaning of section 1 of the Coast Protection Act 1949;\n(d) any operator of a telecommunications code system;\n“tidal work” means so much of any work belonging to the Trustees as is on, under or over tidal waters or tidal lands below the level of high water;\n“the Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond;\n“the Trustees” means the Gloucester Harbour Trustees;\n“vessel” means a ship, boat, raft or water craft of any description and includes non-displacement craft, a seaplane and any other thing constructed or adapted for floating on or being submersed in water (whether permanently or temporarily), a hovercraft or any other amphibious vehicle;\n“works” means works of any description; and\n“works licence” means a licence under article 19 of this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1988/1040."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1984 c. 12."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1990 c. 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1991 c. 59."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1949 c. 74; section 1 was amended by the Local Government Act (c.20), Sch 30."
    }
  ],
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      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2017/1011",
      "affecting_title": "The Communications Act 2003 and the Digital Economy Act 2017 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2017"
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      "affecting_title": "The Communications Act 2003 and the Digital Economy Act 2017 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2017"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3162/article/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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