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Explanatory note

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This Order brings into force section 51 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 which confers powers to make regulations about the employment of young persons on ships and consequential repeals of earlier legislation. The Order also brings into force the repeals of other enactments relating to seamen which have been superseded by later legislation.