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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-pollution-by-garbage-regulations-1998/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1377",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-pollution-by-garbage-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Restriction on United Kingdom ships entering the Antarctic area",
  "text": "A United Kingdom ship shall not enter the Antarctic area unless—\n(a) it has sufficient capacity for the retention on board of all garbage while operating in the area; and\n(b) it has concluded arrangements for the discharge of retained garbage at a reception facility after it has left the area.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1377/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:27:51.914453+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}