{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-domestic-passenger-ships-safety-management-code-regulations-2001/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-domestic-passenger-ships-safety-management-code-regulations-2001/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3209",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Domestic Passenger Ships) (Safety Management Code) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-domestic-passenger-ships-safety-management-code-regulations-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nSAFETY\nMade 19th September 2001\nLaid before Parliament 24th September 2001\nComing into force 1st November 2001\nThe Secretary of State, 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 section 85(1)(a) and (b), (3) and (5) to (7) and section 86(1) of that Act, by the Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution) (SOLAS) Order 1998, and being a Minister designated for the purpose of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the safety of ships and the health and safety of persons on them, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said section 2(2), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1995 c. 21: sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), section 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 1998/1500."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "S.I. 1993/595."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3209/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."
}