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  "legislation_title": "Scotland Act 1998",
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  "heading": "D3. Coal",
  "text": "Section D3.\nCoal, including its ownership and exploitation, deep and opencast coal mining and coal mining subsidence.\nExceptions\nThe subject-matter of—\n(a)Part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, and\n(b)sections 53 (environmental duties in connection with planning) and 54 (obligation to restore land affected by coal-mining operations) of the Coal Industry Act 1994.",
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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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