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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ports-act-1991/section-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ports-act-1991/section-38.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/52",
  "legislation_title": "Ports Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ports-act-1991",
  "path": "section/38",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Directions.",
  "text": "(1) It shall be the duty of any person to whom any directions are given in pursuance of any provision of this Act to give effect to those directions.\n(2) Any directions so given by a Minister of the Crown shall be in writing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/52/section/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:56.621965+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."
}