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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-distress-messages-regulations-1998/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1691",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Distress Messages) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-distress-messages-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Salvage rights",
  "text": "Compliance by a master of a ship with the requirements of these Regulations shall not affect his right, or the right of any other person, to salvage.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/1473",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations 2002"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1691/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:25:38.670691+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}