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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-agency-and-distribution-act-1864/section-6",
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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/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Instrument of appointment to be registered and filed.",
  "text": "Any such instrument shall not have effect unless and until it is filed in the registry of the High Court of Admiralty, having been previously registered with the Secretary of State.\nAn official copy of any such instrument under the seal of the High Court of Admiralty shall be conclusive evidence thereof.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Armed Forces Act 1981 (c. 55, SIF 7:1), s. 24(1)(2)(a)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/27-28/24/section/6",
    "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."
}