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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-marine-licensing-exempted-activities-scottish-inshore-and-offshore-regions-amendment-order-2012/article-8",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2012/9780111015506",
  "legislation_title": "The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Scottish Inshore and Offshore Regions) Amendment Order 2012",
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  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Scottish Offshore Region) Order 2011",
  "text": "In article 3 (interpretation)—\n(a) before “In this Order” insert “—(1)”;\n(b) in paragraph (1), in the definition of “an MPA”—\n(i) omit “2009”; and\n(ii) after “a Nature Conservation MPA”, insert “or a Historic MPA”; and\n(c) after paragraph (1), insert—\n“(2) A reference in this Order to anything done in writing includes a reference to an electronic communication, as defined in section 15 of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 (general interpretation) which has been recorded in written form and is capable of being reproduced in that form.”.",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:36:54.653250+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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