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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-goods-by-sea-act-1992/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/50",
  "legislation_title": "Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-goods-by-sea-act-1992",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to replace the Bills of Lading Act 1855 with new provision with respect to bills of lading and certain other shipping documents.\n[16th July 1992]\nBe it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
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      "text": "Act wholly in force at 16. 9. 1992; see s.6(3)"
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  "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."
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