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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/719",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (Commencement No. 12) Order 1987",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade 10th April 1987\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of powers conferred on him by section 52(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1979 c. 39."
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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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