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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-load-line-amendment-rules-1990/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/2128",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Load Line) (Amendment) Rules 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-load-line-amendment-rules-1990",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Rule 33(1) of the principal Rules the following definitions shall be inserted in the appropriate alphabetical order:\n“column stabilised” means, in relation to a unit, constructed with the main deck of the unit connected to its underwater hull or footings by columns or caissons;\n“mobile offshore drilling unit” means a ship capable of engaging in drilling operations for the exploration or exploitation of resources beneath the sea bed such as liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons, sulphur or salt;\n“mobile offshore support unit” means a ship used in connection with the offshore petroleum industry to provide ancillary services such, as accommodation, cranes or repair facilities.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2128/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:58:44.095638+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."
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