{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shippingliner-conferences-act-1982/schedule/part-TWO/chapter-VII/crossheading-article-49-entry-into-force/paragraph-1",
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  "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/TWO/chapter/VII/crossheading/article-49-entry-into-force/paragraph/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The present Convention shall enter into force six months after the date on which not less than 24 States, the combined tonnage of which amounts to at least 25 per cent of world tonnage, have become Contracting Parties to it in accordance with article 48. For the purpose of the present article the tonnage shall be deemed to be that contained inLloyd’s Register of Shipping—Statistical Tables 1973,table 2 “World Fleets—Analysis by Principal Types”, in respect to general cargo (including passenger/cargo) ships and container (fully cellular) ships, exclusive of the United States reserve fleet and the American and Canadian Great Lakes fleets.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/37/schedule/part/TWO/chapter/VII/crossheading/article-49-entry-into-force/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}