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  "title": "The Undersized Lobsters Order 1993",
  "long_title": "This Order prescribes a minimum size for the landing of lobsters (Homarus gammarus) in Great Britain (article 2(1)).There is an exemption from the minimum landing size for the landing of lobsters from foreign fishing boats (article 2(2)).",
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    {
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      "affecting_title": "The Specified Crustaceans (Prohibition on Fishing, Landing, Sale and Carriage) (Wales) Order 2015",
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