{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-safety-provisions-amendment-rules-1978/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-safety-provisions-amendment-rules-1978/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1978/1598",
  "legislation_title": "The Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) (Amendment) Rules 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-safety-provisions-amendment-rules-1978",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nSAFETY\nMade 9th November 1978\nLaid before Parliament 10th November 1978\nComing into Operation 17th December 1978\nThe Secretary of State, after consulting with the organisations referred to in section 7(2) of the Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Act 1970, in exercise of powers conferred by section 2 of that Act and now vested in him and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See S.I. 1970/1537."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1978/1598/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:27:07.150743+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."
}