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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prevention-of-oil-pollution-act-1986-repealed-111996/section-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/6",
  "legislation_title": "Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1986 (repealed 1.1.1996)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prevention-of-oil-pollution-act-1986-repealed-111996",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1986.\n(2) This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the date on which it is passed.\n(3) This Act extends to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/6/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:33.626489+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}