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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-code-of-safe-working-practices-amendments-and-revocation-regulations-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1692",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Code of Safe Working Practices) (Amendments and Revocation) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-code-of-safe-working-practices-amendments-and-revocation-regulations-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Merchant Shipping\nMade 15th September 2015\nLaid before Parliament 23rd September 2015\nComing into force 20th October 2015\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 85(1)(a), (3)(q), (5)(a) and (7)(c) and (d) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, makes the following Regulations.\nThe Secretary of State has consulted such persons in the United Kingdom as the Secretary of State considers will be affected by the exercise of powers in this instrument in accordance with section 86(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 21; section 85 enables the Secretary of State to make regulations, referred to in that Act as “safety regulations”. There are amendments to this section which are not relevant to this instrument."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1692/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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