{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-pollution-intervention-foreign-ships-order-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2568",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Intervention) (Foreign Ships) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-pollution-intervention-foreign-ships-order-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nPOLLUTION\nMade 30th October 1997\nLaid before Parliament 11th November 1997\nComing into force 2nd December 1997\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 30th day of October 1997\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nHer Majesty, in exercise of the power conferred upon Her by subsections (1) and (2) of section 141 of the Merchant Shipping Act 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; section 141 was amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), section 2(5)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2568/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."
}