{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/thames-estuary-cockle-fishery-order-1994/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/thames-estuary-cockle-fishery-order-1994/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/2329",
  "legislation_title": "The Thames Estuary Cockle Fishery Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/thames-estuary-cockle-fishery-order-1994",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SEA FISHERIES\nSHELLFISH\nMade 5th September 1994\nLaid before Parliament 7th September 1994\nComing into force 28th September 1994\nWhereas an application for an Order under section 1 of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 was made to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by the local fisheries committee for the Kent and Essex Sea Fisheries District;\nAnd whereas the said Minister prepared a draft Order and served a copy of it on the said committee in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the said Act;\nAnd whereas the said committee 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 objections were received by the said Minister, under paragraph 3 of the said Schedule, which he considered to be neither frivolous nor irrelevant, and which were not withdrawn;\nAnd whereas the said Minister appointed an inspector respecting the proposed Order in accordance with paragraph 4(2) of the said Schedule, and the inspector made an inquiry in accordance with paragraph 4(3) thereof, and made a report to the said Minister in accordance with paragraph 4(7) thereof stating that in his opinion the proposed Order should be made;\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": "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 and S.I. 1987/218; 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": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2329/introduction",
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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."
}