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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-local-passenger-vessels-crew-regulations-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/3224",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Local Passenger Vessels) (Crew) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-local-passenger-vessels-crew-regulations-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "merchant shipping\nMade 5th December 2006\nLaid before Parliament 7th December 2006\nComing into force 1st January 2007\nThe Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 85(1), (3), (5) and (7) and 86(1) and (2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;\nHe has, in accordance with section 86(4) of that Act, consulted such persons as he considers will be affected.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c.21. Section 85, subsections (1) and (3), was amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c.28), section 8 and Schedule 7 Part 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3224/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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