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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-protection-products-basic-conditions-regulations-1997/schedule-3/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/189",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Protection Products (Basic Conditions) Regulations 1997",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Any person who uses a prescribed plant protection product shall take all reasonable precautions to protect the health of human beings, creatures and plants, safeguard the environment and in particular avoid the pollution of water.\n(2) In this paragraph “water” means—\n(a) any surface water;\n(b) any ground water.",
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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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