{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-life-saving-appliances-amendment-rules-1978/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-life-saving-appliances-amendment-rules-1978/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1978/1874",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) (Amendment) Rules 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-life-saving-appliances-amendment-rules-1978",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nSAFETY\nMade 19th December 1978\nLaid before Parliament 4th January 1979\nComing into Operation 1st February 1979\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of powers conferred by section 427 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 as substituted by section 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949 and amended by section 9 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1964 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": "See S.I. 1970/1537."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1978/1874/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:24:29.689991+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."
}