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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petroleum-production-seaward-areas-regulations-1988/schedule-5/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1213",
  "legislation_title": "The Petroleum (Production) (Seaward Areas) Regulations 1988",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Prospecting methods",
  "text": "The right to search for petroleum conferred by this licence shall include prospecting and carrying out geological surveys by physical or chemical means and drilling for the purpose of obtaining geological information about strata in the exploration area but shall not include any right to get petroleum or any right to drill wells for production of petroleum or any other well of a depth exceeding three hundred and fifty metres below the surface of the sea bed or such greater depth as the Minister may from time to time approve either generally or in relation to a particular well or in relation to a class of wells to which that well belongs.",
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      "affecting_title": "Petroleum Act 1998"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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