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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-entry-into-dangerous-spaces-regulations-1988/regulation-10",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1638",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Entry into Dangerous Spaces) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-entry-into-dangerous-spaces-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Inspection and detention of a United Kingdom ship",
  "text": "Any person duly authorised by the Secretary of State may inspect any United Kingdom ship and if he is satisfied that there has been a failure to comply in relation to that ship with the requirements of these Regulations he may detain the ship until the health and safety of those persons aboard ship is secured, but shall not in the exercise of these powers detain or delay the ship unreasonably.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1638/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:57:51.138286+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."
}