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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-and-maritime-security-act-1997-commencement-no-2-order-1997/note",
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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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force on 17 July 1997 most of the provisions not yet in force of the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1539/note",
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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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