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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995-appointed-day-no-1-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1210",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (Appointed Day No. 1) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995-appointed-day-no-1-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade 30th April 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 171(1) and 182(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 21."
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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."
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