{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-pollution-limits-revocation-regulations-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/3042",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Limits) (Revocation) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-pollution-limits-revocation-regulations-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Marine Pollution\nMade 3rd December 2013\nLaid before Parliament 18th December 2013\nComing into force 31st March 2014\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Article 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution)(Law of the Sea Convention) Order 1996, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, makes the following Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/282; Article 2 was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/3042/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:33:21.848697+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."
}