{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adopted-persons-birth-records-regulations-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1981",
  "legislation_title": "The Adopted Persons (Birth Records) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adopted-persons-birth-records-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, ETC.\nENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 3rd September 1991\nLaid before Parliament 10th September 1991\nComing into force 14th October 1991\nThe Registrar General, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 51(1) and (2) and 67(5) and (6) of the Adoption Act 1976 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the approval of the Secretary of State, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1976 c. 36.; section 51 was amended by section 88(1) and paragraph 20 of Schedule 10 to the Children Act 1989 (c. 41) which amended subsection (1) and substituted new subsections (3) to (9);seesection 51(9) for the definition of “prescribed”."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1981/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."
}