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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/harbours-act-1964/schedule-3/paragraph-20B",
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  "legislation_title": "Harbours Act 1964",
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  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/20B",
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  "number": "20B",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Secretary of State may direct that an environmental impact assessment is not required for a project if satisfied that—\n(a) the sole purpose of the project is the response to a civil emergency, and\n(b) carrying out the assessment would have an adverse effect on the fulfilment of that purpose.",
  "extent": null,
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      "type": "F",
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      "text": "Sch. 3 substituted (1.2.2000) by The Harbour Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/3445), reg. 15(4), Sch. 3"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 3 paras. 20A-20G and cross-headings inserted (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(20) (with Sch. 6 paras. 2(2), 3(3))"
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