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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-pollution-amendment-order-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/254",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Amendment) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-pollution-amendment-order-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MARINE POLLUTION\nMade 11th February 1998\nLaid before Parliament 23rd February 1998\nComing into force 17th March 1998\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of February 1998\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas by section 128(1)(a) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 Her Majesty may by Order in Council make such provision as She considers appropriate for the purpose of giving effect to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (including its protocols, annexes and appendices) which constitutes attachment 1 to the final act of the International Conference on Marine Pollution signed in London on 2nd November 1973:\nAnd whereas this Order is made only for the purpose of giving effect to the said Convention:\nNow, therefore, Her Majesty in exercise of the powers conferred by section 128(1)(a), (3) and (4) of the said Act of 1995, and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 21."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Cmnd. 5748."
    }
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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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