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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-petroleum-activities-conservation-of-habitats-amendment-regulations-2007/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/77",
  "legislation_title": "The Offshore Petroleum Activities (Conservation of Habitats) (Amendment) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-petroleum-activities-conservation-of-habitats-amendment-regulations-2007",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PETROLEUM\nMade 16th January 2007\nLaid before Parliament 19th January 2007\nComing into force 18th February 2007\nThe Secretary of State has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora.\nIn exercise of the powers conferred upon him by that section, he makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "SI 1992/2870, to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/77/introduction",
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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."
}