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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ship-inspection-and-survey-organisations-regulations-1996/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2908",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Ship Inspection and Survey Organisations) Regulations 1996",
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  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Local representation of authorised organisations",
  "text": "The agreement in which the MSA and an organisation it authorises pursuant to article 3 of the Council Directive setting out their working relationship shall contain a requirement that the organisation has local representation in the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2908/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:31:59.305715+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}