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  "legislation_title": "Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to consolidate the Oil in Navigable Waters Acts 1955 to 1971 and section 5 of the Continental Shelf Act 1964.\n[27th July 1971]",
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