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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-safety-provisions-rules-1975/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-safety-provisions-rules-1975/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1975/330",
  "legislation_title": "The Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Rules 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-safety-provisions-rules-1975",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nSAFETY\nMade 6th March 1975\nLaid before Parliament 3rd April 1975\nComing into Operation\n(a) Parts I, III and IV 1st May 1975\n(b) the remaining provisions in accordance with Rule 1(4)\nThe Secretary of State, after consulting with organisations referred to in section 7(2) of the Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Act 1970 in exercise of powers conferred by sections 1(1) and 2(1) of that Act and section 427 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 as substituted by section 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949 and amended by section 9 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1964 and in exercise of powers conferred by section 86 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 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. 1965/145, 1970/1537 (1965 I, p. 438; 1970 III, p. 5293)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/330/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."
}