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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-agency-and-distribution-act-1864/section-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/27-28/24",
  "legislation_title": "Naval Agency and Distribution Act 1864",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-agency-and-distribution-act-1864",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Terms.",
  "text": "In this Act—\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nThe term “ship of war” includes vessel of war:\nThe term “officers and crew” includes all flag officers, commanders, and other officers, engineers, seamen, marines, soldiers, and others on board any of Her Majesty’s ships of war.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Definition of “the Lords of Admiralty” repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Definition of “the High Court of Admiralty” repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I Gp. 5"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:05:40.273918+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."
}