{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/oil-pollution-compulsory-insurance-regulations-1997/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/oil-pollution-compulsory-insurance-regulations-1997/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1820",
  "legislation_title": "The Oil Pollution (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/oil-pollution-compulsory-insurance-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Oil Pollution (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st September 1997.\n(2) In these Regulations “the Act” means the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1820/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:04:51.526594+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."
}