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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fishing-vessels-names-regulations-1988/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2003",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Fishing Vessels' Names) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fishing-vessels-names-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Any person who proposes to make application for the registration of a British fishing vessel in the United Kingdom shall before making such application obtain the approval of the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen to the proposed name of the vessel.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2003/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:54:45.702532+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."
}