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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reservoirs-scotland-act-2011/section-25",
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  "legislation": "asp/2011/9",
  "legislation_title": "Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reservoirs-scotland-act-2011",
  "path": "section/25",
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  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Guidance by SEPA: risk designation",
  "text": "(1) The Scottish Ministers may direct SEPA to publish guidance on the matters it takes into account in giving controlled reservoirs provisional risk designations and risk designations and in reviewing risk designations.\n(2) Where the Scottish Ministers give a direction under this section SEPA must, before publishing its guidance, consult and have regard to any advice given to it by the Institution of Civil Engineers.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 25 in force at 1.1.2015 by S.S.I. 2014/348, art. 2, Sch."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2011/9/section/25",
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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."
}