{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gender-recognition-disclosure-of-information-england-order-2026/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/173",
  "legislation_title": "The Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) (England) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gender-recognition-disclosure-of-information-england-order-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "GENDER RECOGNITION, ENGLAND\nMade 25th February 2026\nLaid before Parliament 26th February 2026\nComing into force 20th March 2026\nThe Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22(5) and (7) and 24(1) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2004 c. 7; section 22(2)(a) was amended by the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), Schedule 5, paragraph 13, and the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), section 250(5)(c)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/173/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:05:39.625258+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."
}