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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-crew-accommodation-amendment-regulations-1989/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/184",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) (Amendment) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-crew-accommodation-amendment-regulations-1989",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations further amend the provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) Regulations 1978 to align them more closely with the International Labour Conventions Nos 92 and 133 on which they are based.\nThe principal amendments are in respect of plans, headroom, decks, sidescuttles, sleeping accommodation, beds, mess and recreation rooms; washing drainage and fresh water arrangements; laundry facilities, galleys; and storage of medicines.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/184/note",
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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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