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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cultural-property-armed-conflicts-act-2017/schedule-4/part/chapter-2/paragraph-Articlen7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cultural-property-armed-conflicts-act-2017/schedule-4/part/chapter-2/paragraph-Articlen7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2017/6",
  "legislation_title": "Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cultural-property-armed-conflicts-act-2017",
  "path": "schedule/4/part/chapter/2/paragraph/Articlen7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "Article 7",
  "heading": "Precautions in attack",
  "text": "Without prejudice to other precautions required by international humanitarian law in the conduct of military operations, each Party to the conflict shall:\n(a) do everything feasible to verify that the objectives to be attacked are not cultural property protected under Article 4 of the Convention;\n(b) take all feasible precautions in the choice of means and methods of attack with a view to avoiding, and in any event to minimizing, incidental damage to cultural property protected under Article 4 of the Convention;\n(c) refrain from deciding to launch any attack which may be expected to cause incidental damage to cultural property protected under Article 4 of the Convention which would be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated; and\n(d) cancel or suspend an attack if it becomes apparent:\n(i) that the objective is cultural property protected under Article 4 of the Convention;\n(ii) that the attack may be expected to cause incidental damage to cultural property protected under Article 4 of the Convention which would be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/6/schedule/4/part/chapter/2/paragraph/Articlen7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:05:44.490145+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."
}