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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deep-sea-mining-act-1981/schedule/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/53",
  "legislation_title": "Deep Sea Mining Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deep-sea-mining-act-1981",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/5",
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  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The prohibition of any method of working which in the opinion of the Secretary of State (or, in the case of regulations made under section 12(2), the Scottish Ministers) is or is likely to be harmful to any marine creatures, plants or other organisms or their habitat.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 5 inserted (14.7.2014) by Deep Sea Mining Act 2014 (c. 15), s. 2(3), Sch. para. 17"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:49.232596+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."
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