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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-safety-convention-transitional-provisions-regulations-1981/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1981/584",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-safety-convention-transitional-provisions-regulations-1981",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nSAFETY\nMade 8th April 1981\nLaid before Parliament 10th April 1981\nComing into Operation 1st May 1981\nWhereas by virtue of section 22(3)(c) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 the Secretary of State may by regulations make such transitional provisions and such incidental and supplemental provision as he considers appropriate or in connection with any modifications made by virtue of section 22(3)(a) of that Act:\nAnd whereas the Secretary of State has made the Merchant Shipping (Modification of Enactments) Regulations 1981 in exercise of his powers under the said section 22(3)(a):\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the said powers under section 22(3)(c) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/584/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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