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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-and-maritime-security-act-1997-commencement-no-2-order-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1539",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-and-maritime-security-act-1997-commencement-no-2-order-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade 19th June 1997\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 31(3) of the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1997 c. 28."
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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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