{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-pensions-mercantile-marine-scheme-1964/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1964/2058",
  "legislation_title": "The War Pensions (Mercantile Marine) Scheme 1964",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-pensions-mercantile-marine-scheme-1964",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 21st December 1964\nComing into Operation 1st January 1965\nThe Minister of Pensions and National Insurance, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 3, 4 and 7 of the Pensions (Navy, Army, Air Force and Mercantile Marine) Act 1939, as amended by the Pensions (Mercantile Marine) Act 1942, and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Scheme:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1964/2058/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T00:01:16.459253+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."
}