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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-registration-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-18.json",
  "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/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Issue of short birth certificate",
  "text": "In Article 40 of the 1976 Order (short birth certificate), in paragraph (a) (issue by Registrar General or person having custody of the register) for the words “person having the custody of the register” there shall be substituted the words “ any registrar ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/20/section/18",
    "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."
}