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  "legislation_title": "Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009",
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  "text": "(1) In the case of a marine plan for a marine plan area in the Northern Ireland offshore region, the marine plan authority must consult the relevant Northern Ireland departments—\n(a) during the preparation of the consultation draft under paragraph 11, and\n(b) during the settling of the text of the plan for adoption and publication under paragraph 15.\n(2) For the purposes of this paragraph the relevant Northern Ireland departments are those Northern Ireland departments which have functions in relation to the whole or any part of the UK marine area.",
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