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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-dangerous-or-noxious-liquid-substances-in-bulk-amendment-regulations-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/930",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Dangerous or Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) (Amendment) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-dangerous-or-noxious-liquid-substances-in-bulk-amendment-regulations-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nSAFETY\nMade 25th March 2004\nLaid before Parliament 29th March 2004\nComing into force 20th April 2004\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, after consulting the persons referred to in section 86(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by:\n(i) article 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Order 1987,\n(ii) article 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Order 1996, and\n(iii) sections 85(l)(a) and (b), (3), (5) to (7) and 86(1) of that Act,\nand 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": "1995 c. 21. Sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1977 (c. 28), section 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/470, amended by S.I. 1990/2595. S.I. 1997/2569 and S.I. 1998/254."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/282."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/930/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."
}