{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-certificates-of-competency-as-ab-malta-order-1975/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-certificates-of-competency-as-ab-malta-order-1975/introduction.json",
  "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": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMASTERS AND SEAMEN\nMade 25th June 1975\nLaid before Parliament 2nd July 1975\nComing into Operation 23rd July 1975\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 25th day of June 1975\nPresent,\nThe Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas provision is made by the law of Malta for the grant of certificates of competency as A.B.:\nAnd whereas the Secretary of State has reported to Her Majesty that he is satisfied that the conditions under which such certificates are granted require standards of competency not lower than those required for the grant of a certificate in pursuance of regulations made under section 5 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1948:\nNow, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of the powers vested in Her by section 5(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1948 and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/1045/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."
}