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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-amendment-no-2-regulations-1987/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/854",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Fees) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-amendment-no-2-regulations-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been largely made in consequence of a defect in SI 1987/548 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument\nMERCHANT SHIPPING\nMARINE POLLUTION\nMade 11th May 1987\nLaid before Parliament 15th May 1987\nComing into force 16th May 1987\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by:—\n(i) section 33 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949(a);\n(ii) section 1(1)(d) of the Anchors and Chain Cables Act 1967(b);\n(iii) section 6 of the Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Act 1970(c);\n(iv) section 84 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970(d);\n(v) section 17 of and Schedule 5 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1974(e);\n(vi) section 21(1) and (3)(r) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979(f);\n(vii) article 3(2)(a) of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Order 1987(g);\nand now vested in him(h) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and with the consent and approval of the Treasury (except in respect of the powers conferred by the Act of 1974) hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1949 c. 43; section 33 was extended by section 2(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1964 (c. 47), which was amended by S.I. 1980/539."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1967 c. 64."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1970 c. 27."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1970 c. 36."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1974 c. 43."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1979 c. 39."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/470."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "See S.I. 1970/1537."
    }
  ],
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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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