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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-explosives-precursors-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/schedule-2/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2014/224",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Explosives Precursors etc. Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-explosives-precursors-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/7",
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  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Production of Energy from Water or Wind",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies within the territorial sea or a renewable energy zone in a designated area to and in relation to—\n(a) any energy structure; or\n(b) any activity connected with or preparatory to—\n(i) the exploitation of those areas for the production of energy from water or wind;\n(ii) the exploration of such areas with a view to, or in connection with, the production of energy from water or wind; or\n(iii) the operation of a cable for transmitting electricity from an energy structure.\n(2) In this paragraph—\n“energy structure” means a fixed or floating structure or machine, other than a vessel, which is, or is to be, or has been, used for producing energy from water or wind; and\n“renewable energy zone” has the same meaning as by section 84(4) of the Energy Act 2004 and “within a renewable energy zone” includes over and under it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1969 c. 6 (N.I.)."
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/224/schedule/2/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:05:46.939435+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."
}