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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-official-log-books-amendments-regulations-1985/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1985/1828",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Official Log Books) (Amendments) Regulations 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-official-log-books-amendments-regulations-1985",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade 26th November 1985\nLaid before Parliament 5th December 1985\nComing into Operation 31st December 1985\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": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See S.I. 1970/1537."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/1828/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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