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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-safety-provisions-amendment-rules-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2419",
  "legislation_title": "The Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) (Amendment) Rules 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-safety-provisions-amendment-rules-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade 16th September 1996\nLaid before Parliament 25th September 1996\nComing into force 31st October 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, after consulting the persons referred to in section 306(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 122(1) of that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 21."
    }
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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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