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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-act-2005/schedule-4/paragraph-239",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/4",
  "legislation_title": "Constitutional Reform Act 2005",
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  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/239",
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  "number": "239",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 297 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (wreck commissioners), after subsection (3) insert—\n“(3A) The Lord Chancellor may remove a wreck commissioner from office only with the concurrence of—\n(a) the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, or\n(b) if the commissioner was appointed to act in Northern Ireland, the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.”",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2009/25",
      "affecting_title": "Coroners and Justice Act 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2007/15",
      "affecting_title": "Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007"
    },
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      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2007/15",
      "affecting_title": "Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:37.085861+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."
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