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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/schedule-4/paragraph-152",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/21",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/152",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "152",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In this Chapter—\n“the Liability Convention” means the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage signed in Brussels in 1969;\n“Liability Convention country” means a country in respect of which the Liability Convention is in force; and\n“Liability Convention State” means a State which is a party to the Convention.\n(2) If Her Majesty by Order in Council declares that any State specified in the Order is a party to the Liability Convention in respect of any country so specified the Order shall, while in force, be conclusive evidence that that State is a party to the Liability Convention in respect of that country.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:07.847944+00:00"
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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."
}