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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-certificates-of-competency-as-ab-regulations-1970/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1970/294",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Certificates of Competency as A.B.) Regulations 1970",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-certificates-of-competency-as-ab-regulations-1970",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMASTERS AND SEAMEN\nMade 12th February 1970\nComing into Operation 16th March 1970\nThe Board of Trade in exercise of their powers under section 5 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1948 as having effect by virtue of the Transfer of Functions (Shipping and Construction of Ships) Order 1965 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf hereby make the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "(1965 I, p. 438)."
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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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