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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-accident-reporting-and-investigation-regulations-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/881",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-accident-reporting-and-investigation-regulations-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade 22nd March 2005\nLaid before Parliament 24th March 2005\nComing into force 18th April 2005\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 267 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "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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