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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force certain provisions in the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997, as follows:

Section 1:Temporary exclusion zones.
Section 9 (partially) and _Schedule 1 (partially):Amendment of powers of inspection and detention.
Section 10:Power to require ships to be moved.
Schedules 6 and 7:Amendments and repeals of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 consequential on the above, and on other provisions of the Act which came into force on Royal Assent.