{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-roach-oyster-fishery-order-1992/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-roach-oyster-fishery-order-1992/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/2957",
  "legislation_title": "The River Roach Oyster Fishery Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-roach-oyster-fishery-order-1992",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Title, commencement, duration and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the River Roach Oyster Fishery Order 1992.\n(2) This Order shall come into force on 29th December 1992 and shall remain in force for 20 years.\n(3) In this Order—\n“the Committee” means the local fisheries committee for the Kent and Essex Sea Fisheries District established under section 1(1) of the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act1966;\n“the definitive map” means the map sealed in duplicate by the Minister and marked “Map referred to in the River Roach Oyster Fishery Order 1992”, one copy of which is in the possession of the Committee and the other copy of which is in the possession of the Minister;\n“the fishery” has the meaning assigned to it by article 2(1).\n(4) A reference in this Order to a numbered article shall be construed as a reference to the article bearing that number in this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1966 c. 38; section 1(1) was amended by section 272 of, and Schedule 30 to, the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) and by section 16 of, and paragraph 19 of Schedule 8 to, the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2011/603",
      "affecting_title": "The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2011"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2957/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:11:13.641905+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."
}