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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-petroleum-licensing-offshore-safety-directive-regulations-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/385",
  "legislation_title": "The Offshore Petroleum Licensing (Offshore Safety Directive) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offshore-petroleum-licensing-offshore-safety-directive-regulations-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Petroleum\nMade 19th March 2015\nLaid before Parliament 23rd March 2015\nComing into force 19th July 2015\nThe Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to matters relating to the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons, makes the following Regulations:",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "S.I. 1994/1327."
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      "text": "1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and section 3 of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7). The power of Ministers to make regulations in relation to matters in or regards Scotland is preserved by section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/385/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."
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