{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-gas-carriers-regulations-1994/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-gas-carriers-regulations-1994/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/2464",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Gas Carriers) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-gas-carriers-regulations-1994",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nSAFETY\nMade 19th September 1994\nLaid before Parliament 29th September 1994\nComing into force 1st October 1994\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, after consulting with the persons referred to in section 22(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 21(a) and (b), (3) to (6) and section 22(1) of that Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1979 c. 39; section 21(6) was amended by section 49(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2464/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:25:45.007581+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."
}