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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-relations-merchant-shipping-kingdom-of-denmark-order-1970/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1970/1905",
  "legislation_title": "The Consular Relations (Merchant Shipping) (Kingdom of Denmark) Order 1970",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-relations-merchant-shipping-kingdom-of-denmark-order-1970",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of Articles 3 and 4 of this Order and for the purposes of section 6 of the Consular Relations Act 1968 as applied by virtue of Article 5 of this Order a ship shall be treated as belonging to the Kingdom of Denmark if it is registered at a port in the Kingdom of Denmark.\n(2) Nothing in this Order shall apply to any ship of war.\n(3) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1970/1905/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:52:02.543674+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."
}