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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2005/482",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Partnership Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CIVIL PARTNERSHIP\nMade 4th November 2005\nComing into operation 5th December 2005\nThe Department of Finance and Personnel, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by sections 144(4), 147 and 159 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004, and all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2004 c. 33"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/482/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."
}