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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-general-lighthouse-authorities-increase-of-borrowing-limit-order-2026/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/258",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (General Lighthouse Authorities) (Increase of Borrowing Limit) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-general-lighthouse-authorities-increase-of-borrowing-limit-order-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade 11th March 2026\nComing into force 12th March 2026\nThe Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 216(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (“the Act”), and with the approval of the Treasury.\nIn accordance with section 216(3) of the Act, a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 21."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/258/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:04:37.536456+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."
}