{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-passenger-counting-and-recording-systems-regulations-1990/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-passenger-counting-and-recording-systems-regulations-1990/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/659",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Counting and Recording Systems) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-passenger-counting-and-recording-systems-regulations-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nSAFETY\nMade 15th March 1990\nLaid before Parliament 22nd March 1990\nComing into force 12th April 1990\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, after consulting with the persons referred to in section 22(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 21(1)(a), (3) to (6) and section 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 was amended by section 49(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) and by section 11 of the Safety at Sea Act 1986 (c. 23)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/659/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:23:13.979562+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}