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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sole-and-nephrops-prohibition-of-fishing-order-1994/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/3273",
  "legislation_title": "The Sole and Nephrops (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sole-and-nephrops-prohibition-of-fishing-order-1994",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Title, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Sole and Nephrops (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 20th December 1994.\n(2) In this Order—\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, not being so registered, is British-owned;\n“length”, in relation to a boat, means the length calculated in accordance with the rules specified in Article 2(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2930/86 defining characteristics for fishing vessels;\n“sea area” means a statistical division or sub-area of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea specified in the Schedule hereto.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L274, 25.9.86, p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Cmnd. 2586."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3273/article/1",
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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."
}