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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statistical-returns-carriage-of-goods-and-passengers-by-sea-regulations-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2330",
  "legislation_title": "The Statistical Returns (Carriage of Goods and Passengers by Sea) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statistical-returns-carriage-of-goods-and-passengers-by-sea-regulations-1997",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations implement Council Directive 95/64/EC on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of goods and passengers by sea.\nRegulation 3 enables the Secretary of State to require shipping lines, their agents and harbour authorities to furnish data concerning the matters set out in the Schedule.\nRegulation 4 provides for criminal penalties for failure to furnish returns or furnishing of false returns.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2330/note",
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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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