# The Merchant Shipping (Distress Messages) Regulations 1998, Introduction: Introductory text


MERCHANT SHIPPING
SAFETY
Made 6th July 1998
Laid before Parliament 20th July 1998
Coming into force 10th August 1998
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, after consulting the persons referred to in section 86(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 85(1)(a) and (b), (3) and (7) and 86(1) and (2) of that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1691/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-distress-messages-regulations-1998/introduction
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