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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1965/schedule-2/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1965/schedule-2/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1965/36",
  "legislation_title": "Gas Act 1965",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1965",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Minister, after taking the proposals into consideration, may refuse to allow the applicantto proceed with the proposals, or may allow the applicantto proceed with the proposals in a formal application under the following provisions of this Schedule, with or without any modifications specified by the Minister.\n(2) Any such modifications shall not vary the storage area so as to include any area which was not so included in the applicant’sproposals submitted to the Minister.\n(3) The Minister shall inform the applicantof his decision under this paragraph, and if the decision is to refuse to allow the applicantto proceed with the proposals, the Minister shall at the request in writing of the applicantfurnish a written statement of the reasons for his decision.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2), s. 67(1)(3), Sch. 7 para. 6(26)(a), Sch. 8 para. 33"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2), s. 67(1)(3), Sch. 7 para. 6(26)(e), Sch. 8 para. 33"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/36/schedule/2/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:57:43.619667+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."
}