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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ibc-code-regulations-1987/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ibc-code-regulations-1987/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/549",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (IBC Code) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ibc-code-regulations-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MARINE POLLUTION\nMERCHANT SHIPPING\nSAFETY\nMade 26th March 1987\nLaid before Parliament 1st April 1987\nComing into force 6th April 1987\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by article 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Order 1987 and 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(1)(a) and (b), (3), (5) and (6) and section 22(1) of that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/470"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1979 c. 39; sub-section 21(1) and (3) were amended by the Safety at Sea Act 1986 (c. 23), section 11(1); section 21(6) was amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), section 49(3)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/549/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."
}