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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-decommissioning-scheme-1997/section-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1924",
  "legislation_title": "The Fishing Vessels (Decommissioning) Scheme 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-decommissioning-scheme-1997",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Protection of officers",
  "text": "Any authorised officer shall not be liable in any civil or criminal proceedings for anything done in the purported exercise of the powers conferred on him by virtue of paragraph 15 if the court is satisfied that the act was done in good faith, that there were reasonable grounds for doing it and that it was done with reasonable skill and care.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1924/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:58:45.959545+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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