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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/londonderry-port-and-harbour-variation-of-pilotage-limits-order-northern-ireland-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2002/394",
  "legislation_title": "Londonderry Port and Harbour (Variation of Pilotage Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/londonderry-port-and-harbour-variation-of-pilotage-limits-order-northern-ireland-2002",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HARBOURS\nMade 18th December 2002\nTo be laid before Parliament under paragraph 7(3) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000\nComing into operation 17th February 2003\nWhereas the Department for Regional Development has received an application from Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners in accordance with section 7(5) of the Pilotage Act 1987.\nAnd whereas the Department, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Harbours Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 and now vested in it and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, after consultation with the Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners and such other harbour authority or local authority which the Department considered likely to be affected by the Order in accordance with section 1(6) of that Act, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.) Article 3(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1987 c. 21"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1970 c. 1 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.R. 1999 No. 481 Article 6(d) and Schedule 4 Part IV"
    }
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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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