The Deep Sea Mining Act 2014 (c. 15) is an act of the

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. It received

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on 14 May 2014. It is unusual as this bill passed through parliament as a

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, it was sponsored by

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MP and Baroness Wilcox. The Act enables the deep sea mining sector to be regulated in a modern way and aims to prevent damage to the environment.

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