{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-operations-book-regulations-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1716",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Operations Book) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-operations-book-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nSAFETY\nMade 5th October 1988\nLaid before Parliament 14th October 1988\nComing into force\n(a) for the purpose of regulation 6(1) 1st December 1988\n(b) for all other purposes 3rd April 1989\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, after consultation with the persons referred to in section 22(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 21(1)(a), (3), (5) and (6) and 22(1) of that Act, 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": "1979 c. 39; section 21(6) was amended by section 49(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1716/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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