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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1979/schedule-3/part-I/chapter-Article/6/crossheading-contributory-fault",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/39",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping Act 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1979",
  "path": "schedule/3/part/I/chapter/Article/6/crossheading/contributory-fault",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Contributory fault",
  "text": "If the carrier proves that the death of or personal injury to a passenger or the loss of or damage to his luggage was caused or contributed to by the fault or neglect of the passenger, the court seized of the case may exonerate the carrier wholly or partly from his liability in accordance with the provisions of the law of that court.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/39/schedule/3/part/I/chapter/Article/6/crossheading/contributory-fault",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:17:14.005654+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}