{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-teign-mussel-fishery-variation-oysters-order-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-teign-mussel-fishery-variation-oysters-order-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/61",
  "legislation_title": "The River Teign Mussel Fishery (Variation) (Oysters) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/river-teign-mussel-fishery-variation-oysters-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SEA FISHERIES\nMade 15th January 1996\nLaid before Parliament 16th January 1996\nComing into force 6th February 1996\nWhereas an application to vary the River Teign Mussel Fishery Order 1966 was made under section 1 of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by the Teign Musselmen’s Society Limited (hereinafter referred to as “the Society”);\nAnd whereas the Minister prepared a draft Order and served a copy of it on the Society in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act;\nAnd whereas the Society caused printed copies of the draft Order to be published and circulated, and gave notice of the application, in accordance with paragraph 2 of the said Schedule;\nAnd whereas no objections to the proposed Order were received by the Minister;\nNow, therefore, the said Minister in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said section 1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and with the consent of the Crown Estate Commissioners, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1966/792; the Order was made in exercise of powers in Part III of the Sea Fisheries Act 1868(1868 c. 45) as amended by sections 23 and 25 of the Sea Fish Industry Act 1962 (1962 c. 31); Part III of the 1868 Act was repealed by section 24(2) and Schedule 3 to the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 (1967 c. 83); see section 24(3) of that Act as to the treatment of Orders made under legislation repealed by it."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1967 c. 83; section 1 was amended by section 15(2) of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c. 77) and paragraph 15 of Schedule 2 to the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c. 86) and is to be read with section 15(3) to (5) of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968; Schedule 1 was amended by section 15(7) of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968; section 22(1) contains a definition of “the Minister”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/61/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:54:30.947612+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."
}