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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-categorisation-of-waters-regulations-1992/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/2356",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Categorisation of Waters) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-categorisation-of-waters-regulations-1992",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nSAFETY\nMade 1st October 1992\nLaid before Parliament 9th October 1992\nComing into force 31st October 1992\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, after consulting with the persons referred to in section 22(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 21(1)(a) and (b) and (4) and 22(3)(a) of that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1979 c. 39."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2356/introduction",
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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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