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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-section-52-inquiries-rules-1982/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-section-52-inquiries-rules-1982/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1982/1752",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Section 52 Inquiries) Rules 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-section-52-inquiries-rules-1982",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMASTERS AND SEAMEN\nMade 6th December 1982\nLaid before Parliament 10th December 1982\nComing into Operation 1st January 1983\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of powers conferred by section 58(1) and (2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 and now vested in him and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See S.I. 1970/1537."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/1752/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."
}