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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-registration-provisions-regulations-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/3176",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Partnership (Registration Provisions) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-registration-provisions-regulations-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CIVIL PARTNERSHIP, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 15th November 2005\nComing into force 5th December 2005\nThe Registrar General, in exercise of powers conferred upon her by sections 2(4), 8(2), 12(2) and (3)(a), 14(2), 18(4), 19(5), 21(2), 25(5), 36(1), 36(2)(a) to (d) and (f), 36(3) of, and paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 1 to, the Civil Partnership Act 2004, with the approval of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2004 c. 33."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3176/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."
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