{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/turks-and-caicos-islands-territorial-sea-order-1989/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/turks-and-caicos-islands-territorial-sea-order-1989/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1996",
  "legislation_title": "The Turks and Caicos Islands (Territorial Sea) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/turks-and-caicos-islands-territorial-sea-order-1989",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Order–\n(a) “island” means a naturally formed area of land surrounded by water which is above water at mean high-water spring tides;\n(b) “low-tide elevation” means a naturally formed area of drying land surrounded by water which is below water at mean high-water spring tides; and\n(c) “nautical miles” means international nautical miles of 1,852 metres.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1996/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:35:36.199717+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."
}