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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-and-marine-pay-and-pensions-act-1865/section-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/28-29/73",
  "legislation_title": "Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act 1865",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-and-marine-pay-and-pensions-act-1865",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation of terms.",
  "text": "In this Act—\n. . .\nThe term “officer” means a commissioned, . . . officer, . . . , in Her Majesty’s naval or marine force:\nThe term “seaman or marine” means a warrant officer petty officer or seaman, warrant or non-commissioned officer of marines, or marine, or other person forming part in any capacity of the complement of any of Her Majesty’s vessels, or otherwise belonging to Her Majesty’s naval or marine force (not being an officer within the meaning of this Act).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Definition of “the Admiralty” repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by Armed Forces Act 1971 (c. 33), Sch. 4 Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words inserted by Armed Forces Act 1971 (c. 33), s. 75, Sch. 3 para. 1"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:03:29.861694+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."
}