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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-relations-merchant-shipping-kingdom-of-greece-order-1970/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1970/1908",
  "legislation_title": "The Consular Relations (Merchant Shipping) (Kingdom of Greece) Order 1970",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/consular-relations-merchant-shipping-kingdom-of-greece-order-1970",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order, which is made pursuant to the Consular Relations Act 1968, provides, in relation to ships (other than ships of war) of the Kingdom of Greece.\n(i) for limiting the jurisdiction of the courts of the United Kingdom to entertain proceedings relating to the remuneration or any contract of service of the master or a member of the crew;\n(ii) for the detention on board of a member of the crew for a disciplinary offence to be treated as not unlawful except in certain cases.\nIt gives effect to the relevant provisions of the Consular Convention between the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Greece which was signed at Athens on 17th April 1953 (Cmnd. 525).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1970/1908/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:51:59.473231+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."
}