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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-pollution-by-garbage-order-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-pollution-by-garbage-order-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2252",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-pollution-by-garbage-order-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MARINE POLLUTION\nMade 21st December 1988\nLaid before Parliament 22nd December 1988\nComing into force 23rd December 1988\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of December 1988 Present, The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council Whereas by virtue of section 20(1)(a) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (“the Act of 1979”) 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 (“the Convention”):\nAnd whereas Annex V to the Convention comes into force internationally on 31st December 1988:\nAnd whereas this Order is made only for the purpose of giving effect to the Convention:\nNow therefore Her Majesty in exercise of the powers conferred by section 20(1)(a), (3) and (4) of the Act of 1979 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": "Section 20(3) was amended and paragraphs (f) and (fa) substituted by section 49(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2252/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."
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