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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-diving-safety-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1587",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Diving Safety) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-diving-safety-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nSAFETY\nMade 13th June 2002\nLaid before Parliament 17th June 2002\nComing into force 1st September 2002\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 88(2) of, and Schedule 2 to, the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, 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": "1995 c. 21."
    }
  ],
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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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