{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-watercraft-order-2023/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-watercraft-order-2023/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/35",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Watercraft) Order 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-watercraft-order-2023",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Merchant Shipping\nMade 16th January 2023\nLaid before Parliament 18th January 2023\nComing into force 31st March 2023\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 112(1)(a) and (c), (3) and (5) of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003.\nIn accordance with section 112(7)(c) of that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted such organisations in the United Kingdom as appear to the Secretary of State to be representative of persons who will be affected by this Order.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 c. 20."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/35/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:50:47.251594+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."
}