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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-and-coastal-access-act-2009/section-49",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/23",
  "legislation_title": "Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-and-coastal-access-act-2009",
  "path": "section/49",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "49",
  "heading": "Marine planning regions",
  "text": "(1) The UK marine area comprises the following marine planning regions—\n(a) the English inshore region;\n(b) the English offshore region;\n(c) the Scottish inshore region;\n(d) the Scottish offshore region;\n(e) the Welsh inshore region;\n(f) the Welsh offshore region;\n(g) the Northern Ireland inshore region;\n(h) the Northern Ireland offshore region.\n(2) The definitions of those regions can be found in section 322.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/23/section/49",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:47.916077+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."
}