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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-salvage-and-pollution-act-1994-commencement-no-1-order-1994/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1988",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Pollution) Act 1994 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-salvage-and-pollution-act-1994-commencement-no-1-order-1994",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Pollution) Act 1994 as follows—\n(a) on 28th July 1994, amendments to section 20 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1994 (powers of implementation of international agreements relating to marine pollution), and ancillary provisions; and\n(b) on 1st October 1994, amendments to the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971 and the Merchant Shipping Act 1974, in connection with liability and compensation for oil pollution, and provisions concerning the functions of the Secretary of State in relation to oil pollution.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1988/note",
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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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