{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-pollution-by-garbage-amendment-order-1993/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-pollution-by-garbage-amendment-order-1993/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1581",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage) (Amendment) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-pollution-by-garbage-amendment-order-1993",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MARINE POLLUTION\nMade 23rd June 1993\nComing into force 7th July 1993\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 23rd day of June 1993\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament and has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 20(6) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979:\nNow, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 20(1)(d), (2), (3) and (4) of the said Act 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": "1979 c. 39."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Subsection (3) was amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), section 49(2)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1581/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."
}