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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-dangerous-or-noxious-liquid-substances-in-bulk-amendment-regulations-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1153",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Dangerous or Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) (Amendment) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-dangerous-or-noxious-liquid-substances-in-bulk-amendment-regulations-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MARINE POLLUTION\nMERCHANT SHIPPING\nSAFETY\nMade 27th April 1998\nLaid before Parliament 14th May 1998\nComing into force 1st July 1998\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions in exercise of the powers conferred by article 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Order 1987 and article 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Order 1996, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/470, amended by S.I. 1987/664, S.I. 1990/2595, S.I. 1992/2668, S.I. 1997/2569 and S.I. 1998/254."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/282."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1153/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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