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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1970-unregistered-ships-regulations-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1366",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (Unregistered Ships) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1970-unregistered-ships-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade 12th June 1991\nLaid before Parliament 17th June 1991\nComing into force 8th July 1991\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, after consulting with the organisations referred to in section 99(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970, in exercise of powers conferred by section 92 of that Act, and now vested in him, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1970 c. 36 ; section 92 was amended by the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12), Schedule 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "SeeS.I. 1970/1537."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1366/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."
}