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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lancaster-port-commission-harbour-revision-order-1994/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1647",
  "legislation_title": "The Lancaster Port Commission Harbour Revision Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lancaster-port-commission-harbour-revision-order-1994",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the 1967 Order” means the Lancaster Port Commission Revision Order 1967;\n“the Commission” means the Lancaster Port Commission, and “the Commissioners” means the members for the time being of the Commission;\n“dredging licence” means a licence granted under article 10 of this Order;\n“existing” means existing at the date of the coming into force of this Order;\n“the level of high water” means the level of mean high-water springs;\n“moorings” includes mooring posts, floating jetties, pontoons, buoys and similar apparatus or facilities;\n“operator”, “telecommunications code” and “telecommunication code system” have the same meaning as in Schedule 4 to the Telecommunications Act 1984;\n“the port” means the Port of Lancaster as defined in article 4(1) of the 1967 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 exercises functions under the Land Drainage Act 1991;\n(c) a coast protection authority within the meaning of section 1 of the Coast Protection Act 1949; or\n(d) any operator of a telecommunication code system;\n“the undertaking” means the undertaking of the Commission as from time to time authorised;\n“vessel” means a ship, boat or raft of any description and includes any other thing constructed or adapted for floating on or being submerged inwater (whether permanently or temporarily); and includes a hovercraft within the meaning of the Hovercraft Act 1968 or any other amphibious vehicle or a seaplane;\n“works licence” means a licence granted under article 9 of this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 12."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1990 c. 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1991 c. 59."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1949 c. 74."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1968 c. 59."
    }
  ],
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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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      "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/1994/1647/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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