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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-light-dues-regulations-1990/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-light-dues-regulations-1990/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/364",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-light-dues-regulations-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade 26th February 1990\nLaid before Parliament 7th March 1990\nComing into force 1st April 1990\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(hereinafter referred to as `the Act`) and of all the 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)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/364/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."
}