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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fire-protection-regulations-amendment-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2951",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations (Amendment) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fire-protection-regulations-amendment-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nSAFETY\nMade 14th November 2003\nLaid before Parliament 19th November 2003\nComing into force 11th December 2003\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, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 21; sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), section 8."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2951/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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