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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-12",
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  "legislation": "nia/2011/20",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Discharge of functions of the Registrar General",
  "text": "In Article 4 of the 1976 Order (General Register Office and officers), after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph—\n“(3) Any function of the Registrar General may be performed by an officer appointed under paragraph (2) and authorised for the purpose of that function by the Registrar General.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/20/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:45.813882+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."
}