{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1979/section-40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1979/section-40.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/39",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping Act 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1979",
  "path": "section/40",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Foreign action affecting shipping.",
  "text": "(1) In section 14 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1974 (which relates to foreign action affecting shipping)—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nc)(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 40(1)(a)(c)(d)(2), 45(1) repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12, SIF 111), s. 57(5), Sch. 7, (with s. 58(4), Sch. 8 para. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 40(1)(b) repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 22, ss. 8, 9(4), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "The text of ss. 39(1), 40(1) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/39/section/40",
    "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."
}