{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/thames-estuary-cockle-fishery-order-1994/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/thames-estuary-cockle-fishery-order-1994/note.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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order confers on the Kent and Essex Sea Fisheries Committee (“the Committee”) the right of regulating a fishery for cockles in the Thames Estuary for a period of 30 years.\nThe situation and extent of the area within which the right is conferred are shown on the definitive map which is described in article 1(2) of the Order. The definitive map is available for inspection by prior appointment during office hours at the offices of the Committee at County Hall, Maidstone, Kent ME14 1XQ and at the offices of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food at Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2329/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:26:37.438162+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."
}