{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sole-specified-sea-areas-prohibition-of-fishing-order-1988/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1264",
  "legislation_title": "The Sole (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sole-specified-sea-areas-prohibition-of-fishing-order-1988",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Title, commencement, duration and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Sole (Specified Sea Areas) (Prohibition of Fishing) Order 1988, shall come into force on 22nd July 1988 and shall cease to have effect on 31st December 1988.\n(2) In this Order—\n“sea area” means a statistical sub-area of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 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, not being so registered, is British-owned.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Cmnd. 2586."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1264/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:03:05.506160+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."
}