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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-light-dues-amendment-regulations-1993/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-light-dues-amendment-regulations-1993/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/475",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) (Amendment) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-light-dues-amendment-regulations-1993",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade 4th March 1993\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 1993\nComing into force 1st April 1993\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of powers conferred on him by section 5(2) of the Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act 1898 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": "1898 c. 44; section 5(2) was substituted by the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c. 39), section 36(2)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/475/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."
}