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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-submersible-craft-construction-and-survey-regulations-1981/schedule-3/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1981/1098",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Submersible Craft Construction and Survey) Regulations 1981",
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  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/7",
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  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The design and construction of the submersible craft and its equipment shall be such as to ensure that it has an adequate margin of buoyancy, where applicable, and stability in all probable operating and emergency conditions.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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