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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1979/schedule-6/paragraph-16",
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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/6/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In subsection (8) of section 9 of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971 (under which a harbour authority is liable to a fine not exceeding £10 for each day on which it fails to comply with a direction to provide oil reception facilities) for the word “£10” there shall be substituted the words “£500 and to a further fine not exceeding £50”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1971 c. 60."
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/39/schedule/6/paragraph/16",
    "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."
}