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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-bch-code-regulations-1987/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/550",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (BCH Code) Regulations 1987",
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  "path": "regulation/8",
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  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Exemptions",
  "text": "The Secretary of State may exempt any ship or class or description of ship from any of the requirements of the BCH Code, subject to such conditions as he may specify, and may alter or cancel any exemption so granted.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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