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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1988-commencement-no-2-order-1988/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1907",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1988-commencement-no-2-order-1988",
  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order (which relate to the matters specified in the second column of that Schedule) shall come into force on 1st December 1988.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1907/article/2",
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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."
}