{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-regulations-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-regulations-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1485",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade 22nd August 1988\nLaid before Parliament 1st September 1988\nComing into force 22nd September 1988\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by:—\n(i) section 5(3) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1948,\n(ii) section 33 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949,\n(iii) section 26 of the Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act 1967,\n(iv) section 1(1)(d) of the Anchors and Chain Cables Act 1967,\n(v) section 6 of the Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Act 1970,\n(vi) section 84 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970,\n(vii) section 17 of and Schedule 5 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1974,\n(viii) section 21(1) and (3)(r) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979,\n(ix) section 5(1) and (8) of, and paragraph 2(j) of the Schedule to the Merchant Shipping Act 1983,\n(x) article 3(1)(a) of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Order 1983,\n(xi) article 3(2)(a) of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention and Control of Oil Pollution) Order 1987,\nand now vested in him 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 Acts of 1948 and 1974) hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1948 c. 44."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "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": "f3",
      "text": "1967 c. 27."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1967 c. 64."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1970 c. 27."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1970 c. 36."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "1974 c. 43."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "1979 c. 39."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "1983 c. 13."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "S.I. 1983/1106, to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/470."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "See S.I. 1970/1537."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1485/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:00:14.115581+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."
}