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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/37-38/88",
  "legislation_title": "Births and Deaths Registration Act 1874",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/births-and-deaths-registration-act-1874",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to amend the Law relating to the Registration of Births and Deaths in England, and to consolidate the Law respecting the Registration of Births and Deaths at Sea.\n[7th August 1874]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 (c. 54)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Act wholly in force on 1.1.1875."
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      "text": "For extent see s. 15."
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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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