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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-air-pollution-from-ships-order-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1248",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-air-pollution-from-ships-order-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MARINE POLLUTION\nMade 9th May 2006\nLaid before Parliament 19th May 2006\nComing into force 12th June 2006\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 9th day of May 2006\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nThis Order is made only for the purpose of giving effect to the Protocol of 1997 to amend the Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (which added to that Convention Annex VI containing regulations for the prevention of air pollution from ships).\nAccordingly, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 128(1) (da), (3) and (4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Miscellaneous No. 29 (1999) Cmnd 4427."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Miscellaneous No. 26 (1974) Cmnd 5748."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Miscellaneous No. 27 (1978) Cmnd 7347."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1995 c. 21; section 128 was amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), sections 12 and 29 and Schedule 6, paragraph 3, and paragraph (da) was inserted into section 128(1), and other amendments were made to section 128, by section 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act 2006 (c. 8)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1248/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."
}