{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-certificates-of-competency-as-ab-malta-order-1975/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1975/1045",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Certificates of Competency as A.B.) (Malta) Order 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-certificates-of-competency-as-ab-malta-order-1975",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Certificates of Competency as A.B.) (Malta) Order 1975 and shall come into operation on 23rd July 1975.\n(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Merchant Shipping Act 1948.\n(3) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/1045/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:07:15.339030+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."
}