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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1615",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Recruitment and Placement) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-recruitment-and-placement-regulations-2014",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Merchant Shipping\nMade 9th July 2014\nLaid before Parliament 15th July 2014\nComing into force 7th August 2014\nThe Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to maritime transport.\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "S.I. 1994/757."
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by section 3 of, and Part I of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7). The Maritime Labour Convention is regarded as one of the EU Treaties within the meaning of section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 by virtue of the European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Maritime Labour Convention) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1757, as amended by S.I. 2011/1043)."
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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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