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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shippingliner-conferences-act-1982/schedule/part-ONE/chapter-V/crossheading-article-21-representation",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shippingliner-conferences-act-1982/schedule/part-ONE/chapter-V/crossheading-article-21-representation.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/37",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping(Liner Conferences) Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shippingliner-conferences-act-1982",
  "path": "schedule/part/ONE/chapter/V/crossheading/article-21-representation",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Article 21 Representation",
  "text": "Conferences shall establish local representation in all countries served, except that where there are practical reasons to the contrary the representation may be on a regional basis. The names and addresses of representatives shall be readily available, and these representatives shall ensure that the views of shippers and conferences are made rapidly known to each other with a view to expediting prompt decisions. When a conference considers it suitable, it shall provide for adequate delegation of powers of decision to its representatives.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/37/schedule/part/ONE/chapter/V/crossheading/article-21-representation",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:11:00.846138+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."
}