{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-signals-of-distress-rules-1992/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/1582",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Signals of Distress) Rules 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-signals-of-distress-rules-1992",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) These Rules may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Signals of Distress) Rules 1992 and shall come into force on 29th July 1992.\n(2) The Merchant Shipping (Signals of Distress) Rules 1977 are hereby revoked.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1977/1010, amended by S.I. 1989/1798."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1582/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:20:14.794444+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."
}