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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-application-to-offshore-renewable-energy-installations-etc-order-2009/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1743",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Jurisdiction (Application to Offshore Renewable Energy Installations etc.) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-application-to-offshore-renewable-energy-installations-etc-order-2009",
  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order —\n“the Act” means the Energy Act 2004;\n“co-ordinate” means a co-ordinate on the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain 1936 Datum;\n“line”, in relation to any list of co-ordinates in this Order, means a loxodromic line;\n“offshore area” means—\n(a) tidal waters and parts of the sea in or adjacent to Great Britain up to the seaward limits of the territorial sea;\n(b) waters in the Renewable Energy Zone as designated by the Renewable Energy Zone (Designation of Area) Order 2004;\n“relevant act” means an act or omission taking place on, under or above—\n(a) a renewable energy installation situated in the offshore area, or\n(b) the offshore area in relation to a related line;\n“the English area” means such of the offshore area adjacent to England and Wales which lies to the south of the Scottish border;\n“the Scottish area” means such of the offshore area adjacent to Scotland which lies to the north of the Scottish border;\n“the Scottish border” has the meaning in the Schedule to this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2004/2668."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1743/article/2",
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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."
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