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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-safety-and-load-line-conventions-act-1932/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/22-23/9",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping (Safety And Load Line Conventions) Act 1932",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-safety-and-load-line-conventions-act-1932",
  "path": "schedule/FIRST/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the present Convention, unless expressly provided otherwise—\n(a) a ship is regarded as belonging to a country if it is registered at a port of that country;\n(b) the expression “Administration” means that the Government of the country in which the ship is registered;\n(c) an international voyage is a voyage from a country to which the present Convention applies to a port outside such country, or conversely; and for this purpose every colony, overseas territory, protectorate or territory under suzerainty or mandate is regarded as a separate country;\n(d) a ship is a passenger ship if it carries more than 12 passengers;\n(e) the expression “Regulations” means the Regulations contained in Annex I.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/22-23/9/schedule/FIRST/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:38:08.703628+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."
}