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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-security-designation-amendment-order-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2728",
  "legislation_title": "The Port Security Designation (Amendment) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/port-security-designation-amendment-order-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Merchant Shipping\nMaritime Security\nMade 24th October 2013\nLaid before Parliament 29th October 2013\nComing into force 26th November 2013\nThe Secretary of State for Transport makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.\nThe Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to port security, measures relating to the safety of ships and the health and safety of persons on them, and maritime transport.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1993/595, 1994/757 and 2004/706."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2728/introduction",
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  "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."
}