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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/antarctic-minerals-act-1989/schedule/part-I/crossheading-article-84",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1989/21",
  "legislation_title": "Antarctic Minerals Act 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/antarctic-minerals-act-1989",
  "path": "schedule/part/I/crossheading/article-84",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Article 8(4)",
  "text": "An Operator shall not be liable pursuant to paragraph 2 above if it proves that the damage has been caused directly by, and to the extent that it has been caused directly by:\n(a)an event constituting in the circumstances of Antarctica a natural disaster of an exceptional character which could not reasonably have been foreseen; or\n(b)armed conflict, should it occur notwithstanding the Antarctic Treaty, or an act of terrorism directed against the activities of the Operator, against which no reasonable precautionary measures could have been effective.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/21/schedule/part/I/crossheading/article-84",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:46:45.816544+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."
}