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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-oil-pollution-amendment-regulations-2000/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/483",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) (Amendment) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-oil-pollution-amendment-regulations-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MARINE POLLUTION\nMade 25th February 2000\nLaid before Parliament 1st March 2000\nComing into force 1st April 2000\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by article 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Order 1983 and article 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Order 1996 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": "S.I. 1983/1106, amended by S.I. 1985/2002, 1991/2885 and 1993/1580. The provisions that can be made under the Order were extended by section 128 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21) and varied by section 7(6) and (7) of the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/282."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/483/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."
}