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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/schedule-7/part-II/crossheading-right-to-limit-liability/paragraph-2",
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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/7/part/II/crossheading/right-to-limit-liability/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Subject to paragraph 6 below,the right to limit liability under the Convention shall apply in relation to any ship whether seagoing or not, and the definition of “shipowner” in paragraph 2 of article 1 shall be construed accordingly.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 7 Pt. II para. 2 inserted (with effect in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1998/1258, arts. 7(a), 8, Sch."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/21/schedule/7/part/II/crossheading/right-to-limit-liability/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:07.847944+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}