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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-convention-on-limitation-of-liability-for-maritime-claims-amendment-order-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/1998/0110656016",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims) (Amendment) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-convention-on-limitation-of-liability-for-maritime-claims-amendment-order-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Order in Council laid before Parliament under section 185(5) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nMERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade 1998\nComing into force in accordance with Article 1\nAt the Court of Buckingham Palace, the day of 1998\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas a draft of this Order has, in pursuance of section 185(5) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:\nNow, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 185(2A) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 is pleased by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 21; section 182B has been inserted by, and section 185 amended by, the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 c. 28, sections 14 and 15."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1998/0110656016/introduction",
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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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