{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mersey-docks-and-harbour-revision-order-2009/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mersey-docks-and-harbour-revision-order-2009/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2604",
  "legislation_title": "The Mersey Docks and Harbour Revision Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mersey-docks-and-harbour-revision-order-2009",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Company” means the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company, including that company under any name to which its name may be changed;\n“the directors” means the directors of the Company;\n“the docks” means the docks, jetties and other facilities for the berthing of vessels and the loading and unloading of goods on and from vessels, for the time being belonging to the Company; and\n“the port” means the port of Liverpool as defined in the Mersey Docks and Harbour Act 1971 (including all land within the ring ownership boundary as defined in section 11 of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Act 1971), and references to “the port” include references to any other harbour on or adjoining the River Mersey owned or managed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. lvii."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1971 c. x."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2604/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:05:15.499810+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."
}