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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-united-kingdom-wreck-convention-area-order-2015/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/172",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (United Kingdom Wreck Convention Area) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-united-kingdom-wreck-convention-area-order-2015",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "The United Kingdom’s Convention Area",
  "text": "The United Kingdom’s Convention Area comprises—\n(a) the United Kingdom;\n(b) United Kingdom waters; and\n(c) the United Kingdom’s exclusive economic zone.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The United Kingdom’s exclusive economic zone was designated by the Exclusive Zone Order 2013, S.I. 2013 No. 3161, in accordance with section 41(5) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 c.23."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/172/article/2",
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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."
}