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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-amendment-regulations-1988-uksi-1988-478/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/478",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-amendment-regulations-1988-uksi-1988-478",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade 11th March 1988\nLaid before Parliament 15th March 1988\nComing into force 5th April 1988\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 33(2) of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949 and now vested in him and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and with the approval of the Treasury hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1949 c. 43."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See S.I. 1970/1537."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/478/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."
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