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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-hours-of-work-amendment-regulations-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1469",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Hours of Work) (Amendment) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-hours-of-work-amendment-regulations-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade 1st June 2004\nLaid before Parliament 15th June 2004\nComing into force 7th July 2004\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 by sections 85(1), (3) and (7) and 86(1) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1469/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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