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  "long_title": "These Regulations give the Secretary of State the power to impose civil sanctions by way of fixed and variable monetary penalties on persons in respect of certain criminal offences under the following—— the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation Convention) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1056);— the Offshore Chemicals Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1355);— the Offshore Installations (Emergency Pollution Control) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2001/1861);— the Offshore Petroleum Activities (Oil Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2055); and— the Offshore Combustion Installations (Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/971).",
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