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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-substances-in-harbour-areas-regulations-1987/regulation-36",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/37",
  "legislation_title": "The Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987",
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  "heading": "Consideration of licence applications",
  "text": "(1) In considering an application for an explosives licence or for any alteration in the terms of an existing licence, the Health and Safety Executive shall take account of any comments or objections received by it pursuant to paragraphs 3 and 5 of Schedule 7 and may reject the application altogether or may grant the licence or amending licence which may be subject to such conditions as it thinks fit and any such licence or amending licence may be with or without limit of time and may be varied or revoked in writing at any time.\n(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall prevent the Executive from granting a provisional explosives licence or a provisional amending licence in cases of urgency and any such licence or amending licence may have effect for a period of up to 6 months from the date on which it was granted unless revoked in writing by the Executive before its date of expiry.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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      "affecting": "uksi/2014/469",
      "affecting_title": "The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014"
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      "affecting_title": "The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014"
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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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