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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-smooth-and-partially-smooth-waters-regulations-1987/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1591",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Smooth and Partially Smooth Waters) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-smooth-and-partially-smooth-waters-regulations-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nSAFETY\nMade 8th September 1987\nLaid before Parliament 17th September 1987\nComing into force 8th October 1987\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, after consulting with the persons referred to in section 22(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 21(1)(a) and (b) and 22(3)(a) of that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1979 c. 39."
    }
  ],
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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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