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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-formal-investigations-amendment-rules-1990/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/123",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Formal Investigations) (Amendment) Rules 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-formal-investigations-amendment-rules-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade 25th January 1990\nLaid before Parliament 5th February 1990\nComing into force 26th February 1990\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of powers conferred by section 58(1) and (2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 and now vested in him, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Rules:–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1970 c. 36; section 58(1) was amended by Schedule 6 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See S.I. 1970/1537."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/123/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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