{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-tonnage-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1910",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) (Amendment) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-tonnage-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade 2nd November 1988\nLaid before Parliament 10th November 1988\nComing into force 1st December 1988\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1965 and now vested in him 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": "1965 c. 47; section 1 was amended by section 91 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36) and by paragraph 6 of Part VI of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c. 39)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See S.I. 1970/1537."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1910/introduction",
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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."
}