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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/schedule-7/part-I/chapter-20/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/21",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping Act 1995",
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  "path": "schedule/7/part/I/chapter/20/paragraph/1",
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  "number": "1",
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  "text": "Any State may, at the time of signature, ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, or at any time thereafter, reserve the right:\n(a) to exclude the application of article 2, paragraphs 1(d) and (e);\n(b) to exclude claims for damage within the meaning of the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996 or of any amendment or Protocol thereto.\nNo other reservations shall be admissible to the substantive provisions of this Convention.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 Pt. I Art. 18 inserted (with effect in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1998/1258, arts. 6, 8, Sch."
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      "text": "The text of the Convention is set out in Schedule 5A to this Act."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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