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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-miscellaneous-safety-revocations-regulations-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/68",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Safety) (Revocations) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-miscellaneous-safety-revocations-regulations-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Merchant Shipping\nSafety\nMade 8th January 2015\nLaid before Parliament 4th February 2015\nComing into force 28th February 2015\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 85(1), (3), (5), (6) and (7) and 86(1) and (2)(a) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, makes the following Regulations.\nThe Secretary of State has consulted such persons in the United Kingdom as the Secretary of State considers will be affected by the exercise of powers in this instrument in accordance with section 86(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 21; section 85 enables the Secretary of State to make regulations, referred to in that Act as “safety regulations”. Section 85 is amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), sections 8, 29(2) and Schedule 7, part 1. There are other amendments which are not relevant to this instrument."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/68/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."
}