{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-of-larne-pilotage-functions-order-2002/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-of-larne-pilotage-functions-order-2002/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/3037",
  "legislation_title": "The Port of Larne (Pilotage Functions) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-of-larne-pilotage-functions-order-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PILOTAGE\nMade 9th December 2002\nLaid before Parliament 10th December 2002\nComing into force 31st December 2002\nWhereas Larne Harbour Limited is a harbour authority within the meaning of the Pilotage Act 1987 (“the 1987 Act”) for the port of Larne but is not a competent harbour authority within the meaning of the 1987 Act;\nAnd whereas Larne Harbour Limited has applied to be treated as a competent harbour authority for the purposes of the 1987 Act;\nAnd whereas the Secretary of State has informed the persons he considers may be affected by the Order, in accordance with section 1(7) of the 1987 Act;\nAnd whereas no objection has been made to the making of this Order;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(4) of the 1987 Act, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1987 c. 21, see the definition in section 31(1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3037/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:37:17.191651+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."
}