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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-seamens-documents-amendment-regulations-2023/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2023/365",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Seamen’s Documents) (Amendment) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-seamens-documents-amendment-regulations-2023",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Merchant Shipping\nMade at 9.50 a.m. on 27th March 2023\nLaid before Parliament at 3.00 p.m. on 27th March 2023\nComing into force 1st May 2023\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 79(1)(a) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.\nThe Secretary of State has consulted with such organisations referred to in section 306(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 21."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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