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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-watercraft-amendment-order-2026/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/348",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Watercraft) (Amendment) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-watercraft-amendment-order-2026",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement, extent and application",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Watercraft) (Amendment) Order 2026 and comes into force on 17th April 2026.\n(2) This Order extends to, and applies in relation to, the whole of the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/348/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:03:29.005658+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}