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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-compensation-limits-order-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2559",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution Compensation Limits) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-oil-pollution-compensation-limits-order-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade 3rd October 2003\nLaid before Parliament 6th October 2003\nComing into force 1st November 2003\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 157(2) and 176(5) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 21."
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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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