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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/portland-harbour-revision-order-1997/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/portland-harbour-revision-order-1997/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2949",
  "legislation_title": "The Portland Harbour Revision Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/portland-harbour-revision-order-1997",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order, made on the application of Portland Port Limited (“the Company”), establishes the Company as the statutory harbour authority for Portland Harbour in the place of the Queen’s Harbour Master for the Dockyard Port of Portland; defines the limits of jurisdiction of the Company and confers upon them powers of control, operation, management and regulation in relation to the harbour and the harbour premises.\nThe Order provides for the development and for the safe and efficient operation of a commercial port; for harbour conservancy and maintenance; for the management and encouragement of recreation and commerce; and for the conservation of the natural beauty of the harbour and its flora and fauna.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2949/note",
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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."
}