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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/56",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotland Act 2016 and Onshore Petroleum (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions and Model Clauses) Regulations 2018",
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  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Part, “existing licence” has the meaning given in section 49(5) of the Scotland Act 2016 .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2016 c.11. “Existing licence” is defined in s49(5) as a licence granted, before the commencement of section 47, under section 3 of the Petroleum Act 1998, or section 2 of the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934, in respect of an area all or part of which is within the Scottish onshore area, within the meaning given by Section D2 of Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998."
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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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