{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-and-maritime-security-act-1997/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-and-maritime-security-act-1997/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/28",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-and-maritime-security-act-1997",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Powers of fire authorities.",
  "text": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 4 repealed: (E.W.) (1.10.2004 except in relation to W., 10.11.2004 for W.) by Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21), s. 61, Sch. 2; S.I. 2004/2304, art. 2; S.I. 2004/2917, art. 2; and (S.) (2.8.2005) by Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5), s. 90, Sch. 4 (with s. 77); S.S.I. 2005/392, art. 2(k)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/28/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:26:10.253008+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."
}