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    "name": "Marine Conservation Zones (MCZ)",
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        "access: There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.",
        "access: no limitations",
        "use: \u00a9 CNC/NRW All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Crown Copyright and Database Right Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and copyright of the owners. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose.",
        "use: Contains Natural Resources Wales information \u00a9 Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Crown Copyright and Database Right.",
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