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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2026/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/598",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade 15th June 2026\nLaid before Parliament 17th June 2026\nComing into force 9th July 2026\nThe Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 84A(1)(a), 84B(4)(a) and (c) and (5) to (7) and 302(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 21. Sections 84A and 84B were inserted by section 57 of the Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/598/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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