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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-seamens-documents-amendment-regulations-1995/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1900",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Seamen’s Documents) (Amendment) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-seamens-documents-amendment-regulations-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMASTERS AND SEAMEN\nMade 18th July 1995\nLaid before Parliament 26th July 1995\nComing into force 1st September 1995\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, after consulting with the organisations referred to in section 99(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (hereinafter called “the Act”), in exercise of powers conferred by section 71 of the Act and now vested in him, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1970 c. 36."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See S.I. 1970/1537."
    }
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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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