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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-650/article-28",
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  "legislation": "eur/2012/650",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession and on the creation of a European Certificate of Succession",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-650",
  "path": "article/28",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Validity as to form of a declaration concerning acceptance or waiver",
  "text": "A declaration concerning the acceptance or waiver of the succession, of a legacy or of a reserved share, or a declaration designed to limit the liability of the person making the declaration, shall be valid as to form where it meets the requirements of:\n(a) the law applicable to the succession pursuant to Article 21 or Article 22; or\n(b) the law of the State in which the person making the declaration has his habitual residence.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/650/article/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:18.254005+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."
}