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Explanatory note

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The Order revokes the Merchant Shipping (Sterling Equivalents) (Merchant Shipping Act 1974) Order 1989, as a consequence of the coming into force on 22nd November 1994 of the Protocol dated 19th November 1976 (Cmnd. 7029) to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage 1971.