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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-petroleum-activities-oil-pollution-prevention-and-control-regulations-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2055",
  "legislation_title": "The Offshore Petroleum Activities (Oil Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-petroleum-activities-oil-pollution-prevention-and-control-regulations-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION\nMade 21st July 2005\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nWhereas the Secretary of State has consulted the persons required to be consulted by section 2(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 2(8) and (9) of that Act;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 2 and 7(9) of that Act hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "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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