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  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/59",
  "legislation_title": "Shipbuilding Act 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shipbuilding-act-1979",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to raise the limits imposed by section 11 of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 in relation to the finances of British Shipbuilders and its wholly owned subsidiaries; and to extend the application of section 10 of the Industry Act 1972 to include the alteration of completed and partially constructed ships and mobile offshore installations.\n[20th December 1979]",
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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."
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