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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-tonnage-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1510",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-tonnage-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade 7th June 1997\nLaid before Parliament 20th June 1997\nComing into force 11th July 1997\nThe Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 19 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 21."
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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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