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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-bunkers-convention-regulations-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1244",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Bunkers Convention) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-bunkers-convention-regulations-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade 2nd May 2006\nLaid before Parliament 4th May 2006\nComing into force\nfor the purpose of enabling the issue of certificates under regulation 18 15th July 2006\nfor all other purposes in accordance with regulation 1(2)\nThe Secretary of State is a Minister designated in relation to measures relating to maritime transport for the purpose of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.\nAccordingly, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by that section, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1994/757."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1244/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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