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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-minimum-standards-of-safety-communications-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/529",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards of Safety Communications) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-minimum-standards-of-safety-communications-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nSAFETY\nMade 27th February 1997\nLaid before Parliament 6th March 1997\nComing into force 27th March 1997\nWhereas the Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purpose of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the safety of ships and the health and safety of persons on them;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 2(2) 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": "S.I. 1993/595."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/529/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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