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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/storage-of-carbon-dioxide-licensing-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/387",
  "legislation_title": "The Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Licensing etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/storage-of-carbon-dioxide-licensing-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Applications for a licence",
  "text": "An application for a licence shall be made in writing to the authority, and shall include either—\n(a) a request that the licence specify a period (the “appraisal term”) during which the licence holder has the right to explore the licensed area before making an application for a storage permit; or\n(b) if no such period is requested, a statement of the reasons why such exploration is not considered necessary.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in operation at 4.1.2016, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/387/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:59:35.277975+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."
}