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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-section-63-inquiries-rules-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/347",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Section 63 Inquiries) Rules 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-section-63-inquiries-rules-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nSEAMEN\nMade 14th February 1997\nLaid before Parliament 20th February 1997\nComing into force 13th March 1997\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, after consulting with the organisations referred to in section 306(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, in exercise of powers conferred on him by section 65(1) of that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Rules—",
  "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",
  "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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