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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-and-coastal-access-act-2009-amendment-regulations-2011/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/405",
  "legislation_title": "The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (Amendment) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-and-coastal-access-act-2009-amendment-regulations-2011",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection\nLicensing (marine)\nMarine Pollution\nMade 9th February 2011\nLaid before Parliament 17th February 2011\nComing into force 6th April 2011\nThe Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the environment, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/301."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) is amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7). The Secretary of State’s functions in relation to implementing obligations under European Union law are preserved as regards Scotland by section 57 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) and as regards Wales by paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)."
    }
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  "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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