{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lymington-harbour-revision-order-2014/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1076",
  "legislation_title": "The Lymington Harbour Revision Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lymington-harbour-revision-order-2014",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the 1951 Order” means the Lymington River and Harbour Order 1951;\n“the 1976 Order” means the Lymington Harbour Revision Order 1976;\n“the 2002 Order” means the Lymington Harbour Revision (Constitution) Order 2002;\n“the Commissioners” means the Lymington Harbour Commissioners;\n“general direction” means a direction under article 4;\n“the harbour” means Lymington Harbour as comprised within the harbour limits;\n“the harbour limits” means the limits of the harbour specified in article 3(1);\n“the Harbour Master” means the person appointed as such by the Commissioners, and includes his deputies and assistants, and any other person for the time being authorised by the Commissioners to act, either generally or for a specific purpose, in the capacity of Harbour Master;\n“harbour water taxi service” means a service of vessels provided for the primary purpose of carrying members of the public to, from or between locations within the harbour limits and vessels (whether moored, anchored or underway) within the harbour limits, being a service for which a fare is normally levied;\n“personal watercraft” means a watercraft propelled by a water jet engine or other mechanical means of propulsion and steered–\n(a) by means of a handlebar operated linkage system (with or without a rudder at the stern); or\n(b) by the person or persons riding the craft using his or their body weight for the purpose; or\n(c) by a combination of the methods referred to in (a) or (b);\n“special direction” means a direction under article 7;\n“Trinity House” means the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond; and\n“vessel” means a ship, boat, raft or water craft of any description and includes a non-displacement craft, personal water craft or seaplane and any other thing constructed or adapted for floating on or being submersed in water (whether permanently or temporarily) and a hovercraft or any other amphibious vehicle, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1951 c.xxv"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1976/607"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/2586"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1076/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:18:13.771250+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."
}