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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forth-crossing-act-2011/section-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forth-crossing-act-2011/section-38.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2011/2",
  "legislation_title": "Forth Crossing Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forth-crossing-act-2011",
  "path": "section/38",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Power to enter land for other purposes",
  "text": "Ministers may, for any purposes connected with this Act, enter any land in order to—\n(a) survey the land,\n(b) carry out archaeological or other investigations,\n(c) carry out maintenance works under section 15(7),\n(d) protect the Forth Crossing works, or\n(e) protect or remove any flora or fauna, or to protect any building or other property, which may be affected by the carrying out of the Forth Crossing works.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 38 in force at 3.2.2011 by S.S.I. 2011/38, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2011/2/section/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:13.784420+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}