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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maintenance-of-seamens-dependants-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/479",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Maintenance of Seamen’s Dependants) (Amendment) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maintenance-of-seamens-dependants-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMASTERS AND SEAMEN\nMade 11th March 1988\nLaid before Parliament 21st March 1988\nComing into force 11th April 1988\nThe Secretary of State, after consulting with the organisations referred to in section 99(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970, in exercise of powers conferred by section 17 of that Act and now vested in him, 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": "1970 c. 36."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See S.I. 1970/1537."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/479/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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