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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

By virtue of section 58(3) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988, Part II thereof comes into force when the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1926) come into force which is on 1st December 1988. This Order brings into force on the same date related provisions of the Act which are set out in the Schedule to the Order. It also effects the repeals set out in the Appendix to the Schedule which are consequential on the coming into force of Part II.