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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gender-recognition-act-2004/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gender-recognition-act-2004/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/7",
  "legislation_title": "Gender Recognition Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gender-recognition-act-2004",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Parenthood",
  "text": "The fact that a person’s gender has become the acquired gender under this Act does not affect the status of the person as the father or mother of a child.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/7/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:21.791018+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."
}