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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-emergency-pollution-control-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1861",
  "legislation_title": "The Offshore Installations (Emergency Pollution Control) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-installations-emergency-pollution-control-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION\nMade 17th July 2002\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nWhereas the Secretary of State has consulted the persons required to be consulted by section 3(4) of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999;\nAnd whereas a draft of these Regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament pursuant to section 3(6) of that Act;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 3 and 7(9) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1999 c. 24."
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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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