{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/saithe-specified-sea-areas-prohibition-of-fishing-order-1987/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/718",
  "legislation_title": "The Saithe (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/saithe-specified-sea-areas-prohibition-of-fishing-order-1987",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Title, commencement, duration and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Saithe (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1987, shall come into force on 18th April 1987 and shall cease to have effect on 1st January 1988.\n(2) In this Order—\n“sea area” means a statistical sub-area of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea or the area known as CECAF Division 34.1.1 (EC Zone) described in the Schedule hereto;\n“British fishing boat” means a fishing boat which is registered in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands or which is British-owned.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Cmnd. 2586."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/718/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:27:51.804967+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."
}