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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-official-log-books-amendment-regulations-1991/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-official-log-books-amendment-regulations-1991/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2145",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Official Log Books) (Amendment) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-official-log-books-amendment-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade 23rd September 1991\nLaid before Parliament 1st October 1991\nComing into force 22nd October 1991\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, after consulting with the organisations referred to in section 99(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970, in exercise of powers conferred by section 68 of that Act and now vested in him, 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": "1970 c. 36."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 68(5) was amended by the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c. 39), section 43(1) and Schedule 6, Part VI, paragraph 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See S.I. 1970/1537."
    }
  ],
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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."
}