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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-registration-of-marriages-regulations-2021/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2021/9780348220308",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-registration-of-marriages-regulations-2021",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“the 1956 Act” means the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956;\n“approved certificate” has the meaning given in section 1(3A) of the 1956 Act as inserted by these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1956 c. 70."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}