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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-light-dues-regulations-2025/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2025/278",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Light Dues) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-light-dues-regulations-2025",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Merchant Shipping\nMade 5th March 2025\nLaid before Parliament 10th March 2025\nComing into force 1st April 2025\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 205(5) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, makes the following Regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 21."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/278/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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