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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-mercantile-marine-fund-act-1898/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/61-62/44",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act 1898",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-mercantile-marine-fund-act-1898",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to amend the Law with regard to the provision for the payment of certain Expenses under the Merchant Shipping Act 1894, and with regard to the levying of Light Dues.\n[12th August 1898]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Functions of the Board of Trade now exercisable by Secretary of State by virtue of S.I. 1990/1537, art. 2 and S.I. 1983/1127, art. 2(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act modified by Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12, SIF 111), s. 47(2)(b) (with s. 58(4), Sch. 8 para. 1) and by S.I. 1989/1991, art. 10"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Act excluded by S.I. 1989/1991, arts. 11–14"
    }
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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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