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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-convention-on-limitation-of-liability-for-maritime-claims-amendment-order-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1273",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims) (Amendment) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-convention-on-limitation-of-liability-for-maritime-claims-amendment-order-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 1998/1258 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.\nMERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade 6th May 2004\nComing into force in accordance with article 1\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 6th day of May 2004\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas a draft of this Order has, in pursuance of section 185(5) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament,\nNow, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 185(2A) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 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": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 21; section 185 was amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), section 15."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1273/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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