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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-marriage-approval-of-places-scotland-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2002/0110614100",
  "legislation_title": "The Marriage (Approval of Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-marriage-approval-of-places-scotland-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 18A(10) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.\nMARRIAGE\nMade 2002\nComing into force 2002\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 18A(1) and (2) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations, being the first to be made thereunder, a draft of which has in accordance with section 18A(10) of that Act, been laid before, and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 15; section 18A was inserted by section 1(3) of the Marriage (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 8)."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2002/0110614100/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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