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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-transitional-provisions-fishing-vessels-order-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1911",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Transitional Provisions — Fishing Vessels) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-transitional-provisions-fishing-vessels-order-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "MERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade 2nd November 1988\nComing into force\narticle 4 on 17th November 1988\nall other articles on 1st December 1988\nWhereas it appears to the Secretary of State for Transport that in connection with the coming into force of Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (hereinafter called“the principal Act”) it is necessary or expedient to make the transitional, incidental, supplemental and consequential provisions hereinafter appearing;\nAnd whereas the said Part II comes into force on 1st December 1988 (“the commencement date”);\nNow the Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of powers conferred on him by section 58(4) of and paragraph 3 of Schedule 8 to the principal Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby orders as follows:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 12."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1911/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."
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